looking back reflecting upon the choices we ve made the hardships we claim we all rely on desire to shape our selfish nature obscurities we find fascinating of childhood memories absence shines through i stand back and witness this genetic trend forever destroying what i took for granted failure will drag me down there is no poetry in this we cannot erase the experiences we have been dealt for it makes us who we are today canvas stripped clean erased back to where we began red ink colours the page the fire of my mind portrayed across the images we create the sunset hits your aged face i see the look in your eye once there was an ocean between us now brought together through the dissolution your confidence wavers as you strike a match to light your cigarette and your hands shake and tremble and there there aren t any words i can offer i swear i know your name but it s all for nought and i bare this on my own believe in what you say it s safer to drive alone there s a delicate truth in our words but so fragile and so i walk away