Travis Peterson Poems

The steam of my evening coffee
Dances across my face
I sit here alone, silently in this serine space
If the picture I am painting were to be a photo
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I'm sitting here at the bottom of this bottle
Where everything is less obscure
Old footprints of my father, can be seen from here
How'd I get here, I'll never know,
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Should we stay, should we go
The question we both want to know,
I tell myself we should stay
Work through this together
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For you I won't stop tryin'
'Till I fall over dyin'
In your arms or at your door
It doesn't even matter anymore
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Push me down
Hold me under,
These feeling won't
Let me go,
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Lights dim, the war within
and we just closed our eyes
We suffer now, we suffered then
This pain inside kills us over and over
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What's this I'm holding on to?
Seems like nothing
Seems like nothing at all
My life's foundation
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The hands wind down
As the world goes round
This world only gives you one chance
So hold strong, and make your stance
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Down to my last cigerett
This sleepless night full of regret
I'd pray a prayer but I don't have any left
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I've gone through every tear
Looking for a reason for them
being here,
All they tell me is that it's 'cause or me;
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