(2010)
#Celebrity
Close you eyes And just pretend That you are somewhere else That you are someone else Someone who
Even when I wanted to run Straight for the hills I stayed here Taking my pills Pretending there are birds
Be honest with me And I’ll be honest with you Like I had intended to I always want to Be true
Eat the pumpkin Stupid parrot Stop mocking me And calling me names I hate playing those games
Despite the lies I tell myself I know the truth Will always haunt me Like unsolved murders I lay awake thinking
I like the way you greet me As though you’re waiting to meet m… Without the opportunity Of doing so discreetly You ought not to do
The rope is thin Burning your hands As you try to climb To the top You think
I find it hard not To just Run right over to You Not caring what
If only it Were as easy As it is for everyone else Nobody is Talking to me
How can something so right Be so wrong In so many ways? At the same time? Concurrent sentence
I walk this stretch Most mornings The tall grass Still glistening with dew The tracks are wet
If you could see it in my eyes The subtle refusal Because it might not feel right to… Not at this moment Not at this point in time
If you could climb To the tops of the mountains Swim in water fountains What would you yell At the stars?
Devastating is the realization That I cannot simply fly away To a place where skies are not gre… Where there is an easier way Of getting through another day
You swing on the trapeze With finesse With ease Not even the breeze Sways you