Two days later Josh called again unaware of Tyler's plans. "Hey, you okay?" Tyler asked even though he knew Josh wasn't, he was just asking to see how Josh actually was. "I'm calling you so i'm obviously not." Josh pointed out and Tyler shrugged even though he knew Josh couldn't see him. "I just realized that i know nothing about you. How old are you?" Tyler asked trying to change the subject from abuse to anything else. "28." Josh answered. "Me too, in December though." Tyler tried to keep the conversation flowing so it didn't seem like he was doing this just so he could figure out who Josh actually was.
"What are your passions?" Tyler asked, he was curious to know. Josh was a blank slate to him at this point, just a voice on the other side of the line.
"Dying my hair and playing the drums, you?"
"I play the piano and i sing sometimes but i'm horrible." There was a pause in the conversation.
"Tyler?"
"Yeah, Josh?"
"Can you sing to me. Please?" Tyler thought about it, he was going to say no but he couldn't resist. The poor guy was probably having a really horrible day or life even. Tyler started singing an original song, he'd been working on it for a while.
"Am I the only one I know,
Waging my wars behind my face and above my throat?
Shadows will scream that I'm alone.
I-I-I I've got a migraine
And my pain will range from up, down, and sideways,
Thank God it's Friday
'Cause Fridays will always be better than Sundays
'Cause Sundays are my suicide days,
I don't know why they always seem so dismal,
Thunderstorms, clouds, snow, and a slight drizzle,
Whether it's the weather or the letters by my bed,
Sometimes death seems better than the migraine in my head,
Let it be said what the headache represents,
It's me defending in suspense,
It's me suspended in a defenseless test
Being tested by a ruthless examiner
That's represented best by my depressing thoughts,
I do not have writer's block,
My writer just hates the clock,
It will not let me sleep, I guess I'll sleep when I'm dead,
And sometimes death seems better than the migraine in my head."
"Thanks, Tyler."
"Of course, Josh."
