This Gypsy Life

The pain that I bury deep inside burns Sometimes I feel like my soul is living Hell just living in my flesh I’m finally coming home This road I’ve walked, that I’ve been walking is where I’m meant to be but fuck it’s hard sometimes I’ve slept on concrete floors, broken bread with strangers, and…

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Deal, I gotta give in

I gotta deal with this conflict  Inside it’s killing me In my sleep it bothers me Haunts me like a fucking ghost  Crawling threw my mind like worms  No sheep to count  Sweating heavy in my sheets  I see images of times that I know nothing about  It kills me and I can’t wake up …

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Sometimes I Forget 

I often forget myself  Lost in thought Sometimes I forget about all the bullshit we’ve gone through to get here I still lose my breath when I see you Every fucking time My blood rushes to my head My heart pounds I forget about all those fucked up shit my inner demons tell me When…

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My Life

My life is a hodgepodge of broken dreams and broken promises A tight lipped memorial to lost love and broken hearts I walk in circles just to make myself feel on many days Falling in love with that same blonde lady daily between fits of melancholy and exuberance Morose and silent as everyone pretends not…

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I am

I sat silence next to the lake under the shadow of the mountain As I watched the ripples flow carelessly through my reflection I reflected deeply on the ripples flowing heavy across my heart My thoughts racing like birds Calling my attention from everywhere Except here Now I am I am here Sitting silently next…

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Need me…

I’m an after thought A shadow I walk in silence  Sit in silence  Anything else would be blasphemy  You walk by me My arms open wide Never speaking  Never reaching  As I stand invisible to your world  Unless you need me

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