The quiet storm

Within me,
The quiet storm continues,
Tonight,
As every other night before,
I rage within,
A fortress of pillows,
And fearful thoughts,
Angry memories,
And sad emotional feelings,
The quiet storm,
Will not blow over,
Do not let me drown.

~Rei Shiori

After all this time

Isn't it funny,
The way we end up,
Here again,
The crossroads we run into,
Time after time,
I keep raveling the threads,
But they just keep on going,
Unwind,
And I can't keep track anymore,
Lost my dignity,
My innocence,
My mind,
How do I keep on going this way,
Pretending it's all fine,
No, I don't miss you, dear,
I just miss the memories we left behind,
Get behind me,
Fragments of a long gone past,
I'd crush you like the paper in my hand,
The written notes,
I'd thought you were the man,
But I was wrong again,
Wronged again this time,
After all this time.

~Rei Shiori

The cold

It was colder,
And somehow it didn't matter,
The layers getting thinner,
Even as everyone shivered,
I wondered why it affected them,
Not me,
And then I remembered,
It was the reasons best forgotten,
I slept alone now,
The cold my only companion.

~Rei Shiori

Awkward hellos and goodbyes

It's midnight,
I'm feeling down,
Didn't want to fall so hard,
But it's too late,
I'm already on the ground,
I won't take it back,
And say we were wrong,
Time was a bitch,
And I just couldn't be strong,
They say love makes no excuses,
And it's either find a way,
Or it's all a lie,
But what if I told you,
I'm only human,
I'm only human,
And I too will drown,
In the tears I cry,
So it's too late now,
When all that's left,
Are awkward hellos and goodbyes.

~Rei Shiori