Words of Acadiana

 Hung my guts out  On a lonely fence  To tan in the desert sun  Placed my fears beneath your arms  As you slept  Defecated molten memories  In the parking lot  Of The Get Go  Where you first said you loved me  Rid myself of your falsities  Evacuated those feelings  There was a sunshine inside of you (or so I thought)  Poured myself pitchers of it  Drunk on your essence  All I got were maggots in my mouth  Eating away at the linings of my cheeks  As I hocked pieces of my own flesh  The air around me with a mist of my own blood  I swallowed  Almost aspirating  Realized that I am the owner  Of what’s left  Of my insecurities  Of my inconsistencies  Of my guts Pride took over my disgust  Your love may have disfigured me  However, I remain  Guts And Glory

  I walked through hell   Glided through bliss  Psyche split in two  Knew I was headed into my future  But doing so meant leaving you  Always at my strongest amongst conflict  The fight is part of my dna  It’s always interesting meeting the new me  Blossoming  Shifting  Torn away from comfort Exposed  Like ice melting in the sun  I seek shade  Reprieve The damage you’ve done to my soul, not irreparable  The vandalism of my heart, another story All together  I may walk in the shadow of who I was forever  Unable to recapture that feeling of simplicity  But I’ll do it with my head held high  Knowing I didn’t settle  Told you in the beginning babe  I’m one of the wild horses Destined to run free  No matter how tempting the apple is  You won’t lasso me again  For what was Adam’s fall  No longer occupies my interest  As sweet as you were  You couldn’t bring me peace  Treading a new path  Firm on my feet  Knowing  There’s another new me  Just around the bend