My journal... torn

Pages flutter like unraveled hymnals

A ruined spine

Paper teeth missing

Names still breathing

Who did I unwrite?

What did I unwrite?

What did I lose?

What did I do?

Tape residue

Do not lie

A child’s threat over a missing photograph

Why?

I ripped the proof away

It’s better this way (better)

Decades worth of static

What did I erase?

It's better this way (better)

Better this way (better)

Who did I erase?

Nothing but static

What did I erase?

It's bettеr this way (better)

Bettеr this way (better)

Who did I erase?

What did I erase?

It’s better

Was it-is it better this way?

Who did I erase?

Better

Better

Receipts still stuck

Pointless smeared in red

I've seen the terminals

Not their departures

Nor the returns

She was gorgeous

And my tongue abandoned me

Just a face in the crease

Why write that?

What pain did she ease?

Which sins did she see?

Is my guilt just a memory too?

Keep this page

Which face? (no)

Keep this story

Not that name

Keep this line

Keep this place

Not that one

Just one

I ripped the proof away

It’s better this way (this way)

Decades worth of static (better)

What-who did I erase (erase)

It's better this way (better)

Better this way (better)

Who did I erase?

What did I do?

Too many

I can't

I can't

Pages missing faces (stop)

Pages missing names (I don't know)

Pages missing places (does it matter?)

Pages missing

Does it even matter?

Pages