i knew you in fluorescent lights and smudged eyes
i knew you in fake yellow flowers and tooth pains and heart aches
i knew you, not like the back of my hand, but like the disease that plagues my head
hello from the ghost of unsettled scores
of dim hallways and a quickly fading future
of a broken shell of a person
with all of this in mind
i lift up my white sheet and wail for all the phantoms of the night to hear.
