Matt Moreland






If nothing else, we should aim to warm the hearts of those who have us and break the hearts of those who've lost us.


Dead or alive, I want to be remembered as someone who should have stayed a little longer than they did.


Leave when they'll miss you

never after they've already moved on. 


Nobody wants to be thought of as someone who left when it was their time to go. 


Show up late, go home early early, make an impression and always leave before your time. 


Be the person missed. 

Be the person they hold in their hearts. 


Be the person they wish they could get back

even just for a day 

or long enough to say goodbye.







I miss you and I feel like I’m not supposed to.


it was only a month and we both knew it would end with the summer.


But I miss you
and I think you miss me too.






- - - 





I was right.


I hope I’ll get to walk you home again, someday.

you were so selfish

and I didn’t care
cause I was so selfish
I’d keep you anyway

any way that you’d let me

so you let me
and I kept you


and we were both selfish

when we were together
when we broke up
when you slept over
when I told you not to write

but I wrote you anyways


and I pushed you away
and I don’t want you back
and I’m coming to see you

and I know I shouldn’t

but I’m going to anyways

cause I’m mad that you kept me
and you’ve held me
and that I can’t shake you

and I might have gone away
but tell me why you let me


why did you let me leave?









I want to write about how hard it was to say no to you

but it wasn’t

not this time.






- - -





This was the push I needed. 


If I’m going to travel, 

alone at least, 

it needs to be now. 


Thank you for giving me the closure I needed.

I couldn’t have left without a goodbye. 



it’s quiet in this room


blinds closed
lights off
no wind, no rain

I’ve been warm in my bed
but cold in my heart

I am safe
but I don’t want this

I want to hear
I want to see
I want to feel the wind and the rain

I want freedom
from safety
from walls, blinds and lights

I want truth, removed from this
I want what I haven’t had
unfamiliar, untouched, unknown

I want trees, water and winter
I want to be uncomfortable

I’ve been warm in my bed
but cold in my heart

but I’d rather be cold in my boots
than alone in this room
















My greatest fear is that you’ll regret
the best years of my life 





















If nothing else, we should aim to warm the hearts of those who have us and break the hearts of those who've lost us.


Dead or alive, I want to be remembered as someone who should have stayed a little longer than they did.


Leave when they'll miss you

never after they've already moved on. 


Nobody wants to be thought of as someone who left when it was their time to go. 


Show up late, go home early early, make an impression and always leave before your time. 


Be the person missed. 

Be the person they hold in their hearts. 


Be the person they wish they could get back

even just for a day 

or long enough to say goodbye.







I miss you and I feel like I’m not supposed to.


it was only a month and we both knew it would end with the summer.


But I miss you
and I think you miss me too.






- - - 





I was right.


I hope I’ll get to walk you home again, someday.

you were so selfish

and I didn’t care
cause I was so selfish
I’d keep you anyway

any way that you’d let me

so you let me
and I kept you


and we were both selfish

when we were together
when we broke up
when you slept over
when I told you not to write

but I wrote you anyways


and I pushed you away
and I don’t want you back
and I’m coming to see you

and I know I shouldn’t

but I’m going to anyways

cause I’m mad that you kept me
and you’ve held me
and that I can’t shake you

and I might have gone away
but tell me why you let me


why did you let me leave?









I want to write about how hard it was to say no to you

but it wasn’t

not this time.






- - -





This was the push I needed. 


If I’m going to travel, 

alone at least, 

it needs to be now. 


Thank you for giving me the closure I needed.

I couldn’t have left without a goodbye. 



it’s quiet in this room


blinds closed
lights off
no wind, no rain

I’ve been warm in my bed
but cold in my heart

I am safe
but I don’t want this

I want to hear
I want to see
I want to feel the wind and the rain

I want freedom
from safety
from walls, blinds and lights

I want truth, removed from this
I want what I haven’t had
unfamiliar, untouched, unknown

I want trees, water and winter
I want to be uncomfortable

I’ve been warm in my bed
but cold in my heart

but I’d rather be cold in my boots
than alone in this room
















My greatest fear is that you’ll regret
the best years of my life 
















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