nothing's wrong
nothing's wrong
"nOTHING'S wRONG," you say
something's wrong
something's wrong
but nothing's wrong with you
deflective eyes shut me out
turn away from me
keep your mouth stitched
you keep your problems inside
never let them see the light of day
only the sempiternal darkness of night
so bad to keep it bottled up
soon i see the signs
and you begin to fall apart
stare into space with traitorous eyes
grasp your pen with shaking fingers
bite your lip with nervous teeth
do you think i'm blind?
do you think i'm dumb?
do you think i'll just stand here and watch you crumble?
reach out a hesitant hand to you
you shake your head,
don't want to drag me down with you
why can't you see that
i'm already falling?
YOU ARE READING
Eyes Full of Skies // Mouthfuls of Lies
Poesíathey think i'm weird - i know they do it's true, i'm not like them i'm vulnerable, exposed a snail without its shell that's why the place that i feel safest is the inside of my eyelids where no one else can hurt me if i don't let them in { this is w...
