Kill Your Darlings

They say
Kill your darlings
And I am more than willing
My beloveds
Scribbled out sentences
In notebooks
Hand written pages
Torn apart
Kisses I left behind
Shaking
With the craving to go back
Characters so dear and real
Are left lifeless in my grasp
Memories I hold onto
Crushed
Into the dust of my past
Grudges I held like lovers
Fall away
And burn out like embers
I flirt with danger
With every creation
The dagger sharpened
Behind my back
Kill your darlings
My beloveds
Burn down the houses
Of your anxieties
Let go of everything
You hold too tightly
Nothing is perfect
And you are the god
Of your reality