“We can stick anything into the fog
and make it look like a ghost
but tonight
let us not become tragedies.
We are not funeral homes
with propane tanks in our windows,
lookin’ like cemeteries.
Cemeteries are just the Earth’s way of not letting go.
Let go.”
More from Buddy Wakefield
“It felt amazing the days you were happy to see me.”
“It takes a long time to make love with someone who hates themselves.”
“This is an apology letter to the both of us for how long it took me to let things go.”
“It takes a long time to make love with someone who hates themselves.”