Love starts like this: We like the same books, We like the same music, We seem like a match made in high… It crumbles like this:

Oh, such a sweet fool. I once thought love Was reigning savior. So, so foolish. I once believed love

Not as ardent as before. I’m tired. Slowing down, A tail growing heavier and longer With each day.

I find it funny That I raised myself From the cradle To the grave. I never got a chance to be a baby.

I’m falling apart beneath my smile… I grapple blindly for a rope To save myself from rising waters. I come up, lungs full of despair, And my parents cover my mouth

I woke at 3 a.m., And I was scared. I thought I’d never be tired agai… But then I remembered the morning And all the joy it brings.

Farewell to friends, The kind that push. The word constantly bends. I live a life of isolation. While others play in their bubble…

My mother is the darkness inside m… She planted the seed That grew into brambles, And now, I can’t be loud Because she makes me so

In my daydreams, I used to be an acrobat, Flying through air Into capable hands. In my dreams,

You ruined me. How could you? You’re my mother. You were supposed to be strong. Not me.

You’re bleeding down my legs, Tangling me up in your fingers. I want to run my nails down your b… And sigh in your ear.

When you taste your own sweet tear… Know I’ll be there. When the night becomes a friend, Know

But I’m still a kid Only don’t tell my dad that. He’ll say, no, you’re not a kid And you haven’t been a kid in a lo… I guess that when I cry,

So stealthily I lead: Touching green, Seeing rocks below me. I’m gulping pride Because I know life is

Last year seems years away. Last night seems lifetimes away. This moment seems like a dream.