Mostly Fictions

the books i’ve read clutter my head
with a few small facts but mostly fictions
and i’ve learned enough
to know how this will go
it’s not hard to prophesy this prediction
and it was tattooed on my face
even my freckles spelled out your name
and I don’t know how you could look away
while my heart went up in flames
but sometimes it goes out
with a whimper not a bang
sometimes just a flicked switch
but it goes out all the same
and it’s over now, the light has gone out
you never will out run it so you might as well just be done with it
leave all that regret behind and just move on
and study the past
memorize your past if you want to but
don’t doom yourself to relive it and
do not cling to it
and sometimes it goes out
with a whimper not a bang
sometimes just a flicked switch
but it goes out all the same
cause it’s over now, the light has gone out
it’s over now, the light has gone out