Public

Book 1

by Downsyde

Entries 55

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August 13, 2025

A Nagging Thought

That a large portion of my life is only as good as the people that this coordinator hires. And not only that, but is only as good as the shit that they give on any particular day.  And it's dri...


August 04, 2025

I misunderstood

What she said before she came over, that even if she came over it wouldn't change anything, that we were still going to end. That's not how I read what she said... I thought there was still hope...


August 03, 2025

I gave you everything

I had to give  Fuck you  I treated you well  I loved you more than I'd loved anyone  Fuck you  And your empty fucking words It's one thing to act like an asshole and not know it, it's a...


August 03, 2025

Worst. Day. Ever.

I cried so much today I turned into a little bitch.  Honestly, what even is this?  I don't understand what is happening.... I can deal with heaven, I can handle hell, but this fucking purg...


June 27, 2025

Letter 92: Home

Hey, Friend Sorry I haven't written, the last few months have been have been a whirlwind of failures, successes, and unexpected events. I hope you've been well. I saw your mother the other day...


I am no one...I am nothing...just half a man doing his best to look like a whole one. It's the way I've felt for I dunno how long. 20 some years, I suppose. I fail at more things than I finis...


May 11, 2025

Quick Breaths

It’s so late at nightAnd the TV’s onWe should be watching the showBut I can’t stop thinking,About you lying next to meMy fingers tracing lines across your bare skinSoft kisses on your shoulderY...


May 05, 2025

Note To Self

How often is it that you find a person that's willing to put up with your bullshit? Not often, really. You have work stuff, family stuff, decades-old you-cant-let-go-of-but-really-should st...


April 27, 2025

Predetermined

Between October and yesterday, other than that tournament earlier this year, I have watched precisely 2 minutes of hockey this year and I have to say ...the fact that it included douche canoe ...


April 25, 2025

Dreams

I had a dream last night that you were somewhere in the room  And I didn't know for sure, I just knew that you were there  I felt your presence on my back and on my shoulders  And I slept li...


April 20, 2025

Untitled

I don't know if this is for you. I don't know if you need this. I don't know if you want this. I can't let it go. I just need to let it go. I keep this in...to myself I never wanted t...


April 18, 2025

In the moment

I want to feel the dirty hurt  I want to lay it on the line  I want to inhale  And exhale saying that love was what I gave it all for  I don't want to leave it all unsaid  I don't want to...


April 14, 2025

The Playlist

I made the playlist...She made one ... We put them together... It's shared...it's a metaphor...for the thing that we are building. And I am not setting the pace.  See... Usually it's me drivin...


March 26, 2025

Double Shot of Bliss

These darkened halls don't hide all the stories my soul has to tell But when I move to flick off the light cuz the night bleeds into the day I can't feel it inside anymore, it's like it doesn'...


March 23, 2025

I Just Couldn't Not

See, I did a thing once and it wasn't necessarily a bad thing beforehand. I didn't think it was. But I really wanted to do it. I was in the place a couple days before and I saw the thing and...


March 17, 2025

I feel like this...

I feel like this fucking song... And I feel so dumb about it. I made somebody a fucking playlist like a 15-year-old.  I mean, it was a good playlist but still. I'm constantly flicking my finge...


February 27, 2025

Be Awake For This

My eyes don’t need to see the things you do I can sense it just fine In the quiet evening moments  With your arms slung around my neck  I take you in and I know everything I need to And I...


February 27, 2025

This Is The Fruit We Bear

Save your words, These days they’ll fall on deaf ears  I’m not the one to put you back together this time You’re pushing against the waves that will not succumb to the tide Who are you to wa...


February 19, 2025

Letter #90

With a bullet I wish you were here,  It's been a minute since we've been in the same place at the same time but I fully blame your jet-set lifestyle. I take comfort in the fact that you'll ...


February 02, 2025

Notes Scrawled in Lipstick

Your blonde and red hair reminds me that we can be young for as long as we want to be... Which is wonderful because I don't know for how long or how gracefully I can grow old... It all happe...


January 18, 2025

Structure

She wants to make my life better, she says. But... She says I deserve it. But... She says that I make her happy. But... I don't know if I believe it.  And then there's the dynamic. She crav...


January 05, 2025

Calm Like A Bomb

hah, I didn't even last a day.  Anyway,  I asked an ex the other day if she remembers how calm I used to be in stressful situations and/or crises and how it'd sometimes tick 'em off. I said I'...


January 03, 2025

Jan 2

I am going to write something in here everyday until December 31st (probably not) and it's going to be amazing (probably not) and you will all read it in wonder (probably not). Anyway, I can'...


December 24, 2024

AHHH

Coincidences abound...she was the one from that night. What are the chances? I wish my fingers would wake up...a covid side effect? It's Christmas. Praise Jesus!    


November 14, 2024

From The Vault

This pressure keeps building Step off my chest and let me breathe I know all the things you’ll say Save ‘em, I don’t want to hear ‘em  I’m fucking done with your theatrics  I can’t keep ...


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