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You broke the rest of me too

February 22, 2026 






You didn’t just break my heart 
You broke the rest of me too
And then I spent a lifetime
Dreaming after you 

Hoping for somebody 
Exactly like you
You really felt like a vision
Too good to be true

You said I was fun
Instead of saying goodbye
You dismissed all my dreaming
In the breath of a sigh

I still know how to love
But I forgot how to fall
Another leap of faith
Could be the end of it all

by Richard W. Bray 

									


				
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There’s lots of hurt to go around

				October 18, 2025

				

					

















She scrambled up my insides pretty good
I drank myself past crazy, knock on wood

I grabbed my hounds and packed my sled
And prayed for better days ahead

I never cared for that old town
There's lots of hurt to go around

I thought she'd be the one to make me true
I end up sad no matter what I do

The best laid plans don't guarantee 
A life that's free of misery

I tried so hard – I let her down
There's lots of hurt to go around

We did the Tallahassee do-si-do
Then she left me bleeding in the snow

My chariot is flying low
I guess it's just my time to go 

Harps and horns make lovely sound
There's no more hurt to go around 

by Richard W. Bray 






									


				
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Regret and doom and wasted days

				March 13, 2025

				

					











And would it have been worth it, after all,
After the cups, the marmalade, the tea,
Among the porcelain, among some talk of you and me,
– T.S. Eliot

Persistent pain in memories
A cup, a couch and you and me
I'd rather howl and sing with trees
Than try and explain

What I said and what I meant 
Tattered talk of betterment
Love was lost or was it spent?
Is anybody sane?

Terrified to close the mouth
Comfort when the words come out
Streams and streamers spit and shout
Alleviate the brain

There's no returning, you and I
Round the moon and by and by
Fog that fills the earth and sky
It leaves a dreary stain

Through the yellow nightmare haze
Regret and doom and wasted days
You can't fool fate in Shakespeare plays
You can't escape the rain

by Richard W. Bray 

									


				
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You can’t go back to nothing even if you thought it was something

				March 5, 2025

				

					












You can't go back to nothing 
Even if you thought it was something

You can't resurrect
Something that was 
Never alive
I got myself wrecked
Too stupid to suspect
It was a lie
The dream 
I thought I had
Was so much worse 
Than bad
How could she ever
Love another guy?
 
You can't go back to nothing 
Even if you thought it was something

She stomped 
On my head 
Left my body 
For dead
Half frozen barely breathing 
In the snow 
That's when I knew 
The love 
I thought was true 
Was just 
A dilly dally 
Do-si-do 

You can't go back to nothing 
Even if you thought it was something

by Richard W. Bray

									


				
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careless stupid cruel

				February 9, 2025

				

					












Carless stupid cruel
Lord I'm such a fool
To hurt the one
With love so true
In my glass
I darkly see
A cavalcade
Of misery
Line em up 
This round's on me

Honky tonks
And dark saloons
Stumbling neath 
A harvest moon
One night stands
Destructed dreams
Reflecting on
My misery
Line em up
This round's on me

by Richard W. Bray


									


				
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faithless, selfish and cruel

				December 27, 2024

				

					

















A phantom and a promise
A kiss, a smile, a lie
Back when our love
Was alive enough to die

You ghosted me for days 
You haunted me for years
You don't have any right
To ask about my tears

Now suddenly you emerge
From the shadows of deceit
Asking about my loved ones
And sounding so sweet

You ghosted me for days
You haunted me for years
You don't have any right
To ask about my tears

Seeking greener pastures
When it's time for you to roll
You leave behind a wasteland
For the famine in your soul

You ghosted me for days
You haunted me for years
You don't have any right
To ask about my tears

by Richard W. Bray

									


				
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Yucky Yucky Yucky You

				October 18, 2024

				

					












Ewww!

Yucky
Yucky
Yucky
You!

Stomped
On
My
Heart
And
Made
Me 
Blue

Yucky
Yucky
Yucky
You!

Ewww!

How
Come
You'll
Never
Be
True?

Yucky
Yucky
Yucky
You!

Ewww!

Every
Thing
I
See
And
Do

Makes
Me 
Think
Of 
Yucky
You

Yucky
Yucky
Yucky
You!

Ewww!

Napoleon
At
Water 
Loo

A 
Torn
And 
Stinky
Old
Shoe

A 
Pile 
Of
Poo
Locked
In
The 
Loo

Are 
Glad
They
Never
Met
You

Ewww!

Yucky
Yucky
Yucky
You!

I'd
Rather
Eat
A 
Cork
Screw

Than
Be
With 
Yucky
Yucky
You

Ewww!

Yucky
Yucky
Yucky
You!

by Richard W. Bray
















									


				
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The good thing was I knew I wasn’t good enough for you

				September 17, 2024

				

					













The good thing was I knew
I wasn't good enough for you
As your love for me grew
There was nothing left to do

I crawled away from your skirt
My digression was overt
Digging deeper in the dirt
I could never stop your hurt

The good thing was I knew
I could never love you true
I didn't have the will to stop
Until our love was on top

Now I'm a silly stupid fool
And my carelessness was cruel
The good thing was I knew
I wasn't good enough for you

by Richard W. Bray

									


				
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just because I like you

				July 5, 2024

				

					












just because I like you
it doesn't mean 
you have to like me

you flirted and you smiled
I buzzed around you
like a bee
but you got bored
and left me hanging
like a monkey in a tree

just because I like you
it doesn't mean 
you have to like me

just because you like me
it doesn't mean 
that we're gonna be
I know I don't fit in
with so many things
you wanna be

just because I love you
it doesn't mean
you have to love me

by Richard W. Bray




									


				
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the grave where buried love doth live

				June 11, 2024

				

					











People see things
People say things
Pulling petals from a rose
People try things
People hide things
They know everybody knows

People love things
People lose things
Drift away upon a breeze
People spill things
People kill things
Eyeballs swim in salty seas

People drop things
People break things
Shards and splinters fill the past
People shatter
People splatter
Like our dreams are made of glass

by Richard W. Bray

									


				
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