keep your friends at arms length its no coincidence that I've tasted pervasive patterns of negative excuses we built shipwrecks out of relationships we used expletives as bandages a matchstick struck sparks a flame sparks a flame (extinct?) we invented little stabs at success we looked around, we haven't found it yet a spark extinguished before its ignited a spark never met we attempted little stabs at happiness failed attempts at (?) we attempted little stabs at happiness failed attempts at we built shipwrecks out of relationships we used expletives as bandages a matchstick struck sparks a flame sparks a flame (?) we attempted little stabs at success we looked around, we haven't found it yet a spark extinguished before its ignited a spark never met