forever trapped inside my head
with all these rancid sewer thoughts
collecting ‘til i’m dead
never have i ever
experienced this dread
i’ll bury myself and suffocate
beneath the blankets on my bed
forever trapped inside my head
with all these rancid sewer thoughts
collecting ‘til i’m dead
never have i ever
experienced this dread
i’ll bury myself and suffocate
beneath the blankets on my bed
it feels like you forgot
telling me you’d change
now all that i’ve got
is misery and shame
publishing your love
on napkins from jail
i thought i was enough
but you only left me frail
and these last six years
destroyed my whole being
all of these new fears
have really been misleading
convincing myself
that i’m worthless and i’m dumb
but the only real truth
is i’m completely numb
the abundance that comes
from setting you free
is just a reminder
we’re not meant to be
so now i’m leaving our home
the only one we’d ever known
where you’d sit on your throne
i’d break my back —
you’d play on your phone
so many things you’ve never shown
lack of compassion that i condoned
all bloodied up with broken bones
i take it back —
i’d rather be alone
my chest feels so hollow
thought i’d find myself
and then you’d follow
now all my days
are filled with sorrow
and constant searching
for better tomorrows
if sadness was a person
i could ask to leave my home
would i ask them to stay
so i wouldn’t be alone
every time i fall
back on to my bed
i secretly wish
it was my grave instead
i’ve finally succeeded
in becoming numb
i know if you were here
you’d say i’m pretty dumb
cause i took a bunch of pills
to make it go away
but now my eyes are fixed
in a catatonic gaze
lately i shower 8 times day
just trying to wash the sad away
said you would, but you didn’t stay
so i’ll stay stuck here in my dismay
masking has been tiring lately
and i’m just waiting to collapse
i don’t feel very present
like i’ve been living in the past
white knuckles
i held on too tight, for too long
why suffer
when letting go makes you strong
i think that maybe
i might better off alone
i’ll get a grip —
and carve you right out of my bones
“it all comes in waves”
some I swear —
could take me away
caught in an undertow
just waiting to decay
i never thought
that i’d be scared
to leave this place
with all these washed up memories
being thrown back in my face
you only want me
when i’m not around
unavailable —
and out of bounds
you like it better
when i make no sound
so i’ll shut my mouth
and try to keep it down
you only like me
when i wear a frown
feeling low
and can’t get off the ground
swore you’d stay
but skipped right out of town
i’m better than
this silly game of lost & found
and yet again — i’m choking
on every word i’ve ever said
count all the times i left my body —
dissociate from my own head
was it worth it?
you have me lying in my bed
pondering up all these thoughts
i guess i’ll sleep when i am dead
lately the air
smells like memories of you
it’s making me sick to my stomach
there’s so much that i can’t undo
uncertainty
has got the best of me
swallowed deep
within the depths of its belly
will it spit me out
guess we’ll have to see
you’ll be sure
to find me washed up
eventually
sunlight in your eyes
swear i’d die a thousand times
just to see that again
oh, you shine so bright
“maybe another night”
you know that i’ll be here ‘til then
my brain tells me that i’m boring
so you must think so too
i guess i’ll just sit and think
of something else to do
it always feels
like my work is never done
and i quit my job
back before 2021
so why does it seem
like i’ll never get a break
i’m pulling my hair out
when i should be
in a better mental state
you hang around
in my sink
so much so
it’s hard to think
and every time
that you’re put away
you show back up
another day