Josh/Bob-
I remember the skies
As I left the forest
I remember the taste
I remember the dread
As I returned home

Jacob-
Is this your greatest gift?
Tore us apart
A cloud of ashes sending hail upon us
Free field trip to a sanitorium

Patrick-
Your body is cold, but I'll be your sun. Your body is light, but I'll be your gravity. With limbs wrapped tightly, I know no other home. Skin like snow, I'm covered. I'm pure.

Nate-
And I bleed everyday
And I carry my crows I find
My true love, not lost

Steven-
I just feel so helpless
Can you hear me
I feel so helpless
Can you hear me
I just want you to help me

Jacob-
I sit here and question if I am making myself unhappy by desire
When I learn happiness is not found in you
I feel my chest rise
But do I deserve happiness?
We are all addicts and I am not exception
Addicted to vices, Addicted to gifts, Addicted to sweetness
Addicted to you
Is darkness my addiction?

Cameron-
Walked in the shallows
Bare feet in the mush
Snakes bite my ankles
Dark air, dark musk
Musty and damp
I said it to begin with
Bury my face in my hands and cry

Jacob-
Behind a light of blood and oceans
Is this your greatest gift?
You created all this yourself
Weak hands, but a strong mind,
Unwired, unstrung
With its own reticle, framing all those on your list
Erase the names, fill the board with the small tasks necessary to thrive
I implore

Cameron-
Selfish, I waited for the space between my teeth to close
Selfless, I left my jaw plated in gold at the foot of your bed
Sinister, I pressed my tongue into the inside of your cheek
Sincerely, I craved the way your eyes hid and forever

Patrick-
The water from your eyes seeps through my skin. I can feel it swell my bones. You need razors made of gold to match the heart that's pumping blood through the gaps in your wrists. Bathwater tinted red, I kiss your scars just to make them blush. This is the closest I have ever felt to you, watching you fade from me.

Gioia-
From darkness comes a light.
Was running, I took flight.
But the shadows won't fade.
When night falls a new cycle starts.
Though it feels like an ending
For day and night part.

Jacob-
I only apologize so many times
Before it becomes a lie
Hiding in the shadows afraid to speak
Shattered glass leaking into my home
Lacerating my feet
Like a leash tied to the spigot
I’ve written myself into the villain of my own story
For only rescuing myself in distress
This happens every day, every place
The oldest story ever told
The oldest song ever sung
Yet here we are again
Spinning the wheel

Nicholas-
????

Patrick-
And anymore, I don't have the answers. The faded smell of your hair. The light shiver from cold water. If you tried to do it again I don't think I'd stop. Just hold you close and never let go.

Jacob-
Thrown in the lost and found
And finding all I ever wanted
Has been there all along
There is nothing more
To see that the road we’ve taken
has ended before us
Now you’re gone
and all I can think about is
How I’ve wanted more
I’ve needed more than this
Only red roses, don’t forget.

Tyler-
Just speak up, just say it
There’s people outside
And they want to know were you happy
Been hiding
And it looks the same
Your face is lying
You don’t look like you did
Way back when
Before you had
Are you still lying?
I miss who you were back then
Why did you have to change?
Or at least try
Because you’re still you, at least on the inside
And that’s the sad part