Days blurring into months
The ground under my feet unstable
Feels like it’s going to cave in
No one coming to save me
I’ve gotta learn to believe in myself
Build my own shelter
Learn how to be selfish
Scrubbing the stains of my past
Conversations with my shadow
in a darkened place
Happiness never lasts
Whispers and smiles
The crunch of the eggshells under my feet
Maybe in another life
Procession of cars blocking the street
Mourners to bear witness
To me burying myself
In the Pain of all my yesterdays
The faces all so indistinguishable from another
Passengers
In my mind
Jurors ready to convict
Their disdain palpable
I stand alone
They’re observers in this conflict
Surrounded by people
Suffocating under the rains
Break these chains
Searching for that which will make me equal
I know I’ve been distant
I’m just trying to listen
To the voice so quiet behind my eyes
These seconds of life
Counting the hours
Searching for the meaning
Of the screams inside
Might be staring directly at me
Cannot see through the trees
Lengthen my stride
No longer trying to hide
Slurred voice a distant memory
The remembrance of it still fresh
Easier to just let…
This fall away
Into the stains coating the wood
Everything that’s ever been good
Soured and decayed with time
Melting away
Until they too
Are part of my yesterdays


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