When your heart is broken
There is no safe place
Music brings the memories
Books always have a way of speaking 
What’s dwelling in your mind
Well meaning friends
Encourage conversation and 
Try to offer explanations 
But often pull from their own experiences 
That may not be very beneficial
And you can't focus anyway
You can’t see a way through it 
So nothing helps
It is best to sit in silence 
And try to wrap your head around the here and now
And not what ifs and maybes
Best to stay strong
Hold it together for one more day
Or hour
Or minute
Or whatever you can muster

Three rabbits chasing each other
Round and round
For hours now
Why aren't they tired
The squirrels appear and shake their tails in admonishment
Like they weren't acting like that just yesterday
They don't mind the rain
So why should I?
Never 
Not once
In my wadded up existence
Have I allowed myself
The luxury 
Of a breakdown
And five drinks later
I still hold my head up
Bartenders wise beyond their years
Speak of grace
Although I am shamed

Must sleep now 
Although there is much left unsaid
Still here
Can’t quit
It’s not my nature
Willing to face another day 
One more day
One more night
Probably in a long line
But I’m still here

Pushin’ Time 
-Miranda Lambert

Are we fools for rushing in?
'Cause I already dread the end
Lonely ain't no place to start
I guess that's just where we are
Oh, how I remember well
The sunset on September 12th
I disappeared to get a drink
You still kept your eyes on me


Sometimes love acts out of spite
And good things happen over night
Can't take it slow 'cause you and I are pushin' time


I didn't plan on falling fast
I didn't know I could be kissed like that
Now I'm trading miles for minutes
This bed's too big without you in it

Love from Appalachia,

~Amy