Beat it, kid

sometimes, when you’re not here
I can’t breathe and I feel empty
and I cry
because it shouldn’t be this way
I have so much
around me, surround me, with me

when you’re here I breathe easy
my heart beats in a way that makes sense

but when I’m alone
I can’t hear it
beat
beat
beat me

tears fall
around me, surround me, with me

sometimes, when you’re not here
I think about
what it would be like to not be here

to simply never have existed at all

and I can’t
let it
beat
beat
beat me.



10:26pm July 28, 2018

working-title?

traipsing through the daisies
sunlight slanting 'cross the path
albino bunny following
delaying his attack

...but the moon wont shine
when Alice falls down
only hearts and minds
can release her now

in the shadows it lurks
withdrawn at your gaze
chasing just to lead
drawing nearer the maze

diamonds and flowers surround
dizzying, overbearing contempt
Drink Me, Eat Me, promise to be
from danger and death exempt

...but the moon wont shine
when Alice falls down
only hearts and minds
can release her now

frozen in time and space
forever caught between
searching for the way home
unending horrific dream

expunge, deny, terrorize
always one step ahead
don't be off with hers
fertilizing the rose bed