Puking Faerie Dust• Show poetry

"A Better Place, A Better Time" by Streetlight Manifesto

and so she wakes up

in time to break down

she left a note up on the dresser

and she's right on time

you don't know anything

right or wrong

I say I know

and she says so

I want to panic

but I've had it

so I go

(you don't owe anything to anyone)

so don't take your life

because it's all that you've got

you'd be better off just up and leaving

if you don't think they will stop

and when you wake up

everything is going to be fine

I guarantee that you wake in a better place

and in a better time

so you're tired of living

and you feel like you might give in

well don't

it's not your time

flipping through the paper today

looking for a specific page

don't want to find her full name followed by dates

because when I left her alone

she made a sound, like a moan

"you're known by everyone for everything you've done"

fuck buying flowers for graves

I'd rather buy you a one way non-stop

to anywhere

find anyone

do anything

forget and start again, love

she said she won't go

and that's that

it hurts too much to stand by

you've got to stop and draw a line

and everyone here has to choose a side tonight

the moment of truth is haunting you

don't forget your family

regardless of what you choose to do

you can't decide

and they're all screaming "why won't you?"

I'll start the engine but I can't take this ride for you

I'll draw the bath and I'll load your gun

but I hope so hard that you bath and hunt

Annie's tired of forgetting about today and always planning for tomorrow

Annie says "the saddest day I came across was when I learned that life goes on without me"

Annie says "if everyone has someone else, then I ain't got nobody's love to save me"

Annie says "I think I'll pass away tonight, because it seems I'll never get it right if it's just me"

Annie says she wouldn't mind if they never find a cure for all her problems

Annie says as long as she has someone near to make it clear she does not need to solve them

"oh, this loneliness is killing me

it's filling me with anger and resentment

I'm turning into someone that I never thought I'd have to be again"

and even if it was

I wouldn't let you go

you could run run run run but I will follow close

someday you will say "that's it, that's all"

but I'll be waiting there with open arms to break your fall

I know that you think that you're on your own

but just know that I'm here

and I'll lead you home

if you let me

she said "forget me"

but I can't