Stay still
Stay down
Make no sound.
Do you hear it coming?
The fullness of your adulthood
Searching for you
To smother you
To slash you
With its knife
Of responsibilities
And obligations.
Stay still
Stay down
Make no sound.
Do you hear it?
The quiet terror
Of being alive
Settling in
Leaving you breathless.
Stay still
Stay down
Make no sound.
Perhaps, for another year
Or till the end of time.
Stay still
Stay down
Make no sound.
Till death comes along,
Don't get yourself be caught.
