Kind

Today these eyes can’t clear their sightLong dulled are my words like knivesAnd I’m chasing away my kindChasing away my kind Choked on a collar shrinking in sizeLong gouged out my sinful eyeAnd I lived in an abyssI fell but I know how I tripped ‘Cause I’m a traitorJust for changing my mindAnd I’m the […]

Delicacy

Delicacy             There was no food. Nothing to be sick off, yet we were sick. Nothing to vomit, yet we gagged and choked while the sea swirled in our stomachs. Just acid came up at first, and then it became dry, merciless retching. Eventually our bodies no longer felt the need to pretend they were […]

Full and Spilling Over

I watch youTalkingTelling them your secrets I know youEveryone doesSo bright and so contagious I am as empty as my half drunk coffee cupAnd you areFull and spilling over I want toTo be youComfortable with anyone I know youLike everyone doesThe shallow end of the pool I am as empty as my half drunk coffee […]

Tell-tale

Are there skeletons in the closetOf your cottage in the woodsRemote and overgrown againAfter an excavation or two And of course there are all those mysterious firesWhere they couldn’t determine a sourceI heard it was just some stupid kidWho was known around town as a torch Are there ghosts in all your housesDo they follow […]

A Small Introduction

Hi! My name is Ada Rockdale. I have been writing music for over 5 years now, yet I am not a name you would probably know. I have never really published anything, I mainly write for enjoyment. This site serves the dual purpose for me of being an archive and a source of criticism (hopefully […]

May the Ocean Eat Us

a slap to the face a mark on my skin his hand shaped his hatred he counted off my sins Finger by finger Disgrace by disgrace The bruise a bitter reminder I was never quite in place out of the blue into the bluer may the ocean eat us And may the land forget us […]