To Think
To think that once upon a time
When fairy tales were on our minds
When jump-rope rhymes and skipping time
Were all
That mattered.
To think that not so long ago
Our parents cried and laughed and smiled
Living the life that we now live
And we ignore that they
Are people, too.
To think that when we are sad and lonely
Other people are sad and lonely, too.
To think that you are the only one
Who feels that way
When your next-door neighbor thinks
They are the only one
Who feels
Alone.
To think that once upon time
Happy lives were everywhere
And now
You are sad
And they are gone.
To think that when we are sad
The world keeps spinning.
To think.
Think.
Thi―.
Watch
turnkey’s eyes spies by hinge of door
ordered to watch forevermore
is said by logic did i not obey
so be it on cold floor must i lay
air deeply thick by my obliging breath
not have mattered had I succeeded at death
Numb
they ask—how do you feel?
–I feel numb, I say
but they always want to know—
what does that mean?
I’ll shrug my shoulders
and brush it off
as all who are numb will do
what I always want to say
but can’t
for the numb speak only in their minds
is that I am beyond my sorrows
my deepest depression
nothing can touch me now
I float above life with only fear
fear of waking up to reality.
love is falling out
love is falling out;
vision cracks and falters,
the voices are inaudible
because they drown the depths
of a poisonous world,
I burn my fingertips in the sun
to forget your touch…
a prolonged past numbness pays me a visit
and separates our holding hands so easily,
This grasp was insecure
Because love is falling out.
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