::: In Relation :::

it's all relative
as the cool wind
swallows my scars
and you don't understand

the suffering comes
easily
when you don't know
your own name

there's ideas
behind these words
which are far too powerful
for our own good

like a tablespoon of neutron star
slow destruction
in a tasteful manner
dust your lips with sugar

all that's left to us
is the things
we were and can never be
it's delicious

so fall
like delicate
softly crumbling layers
of incoherence

decadent reconstruction
dearly cake-like
you remain wholly your own
though scattered

candy hard in your shell
escape what
doesn't need to be
inside this humble sound

::: Friends, Right? :::

you know my name
and have peeked into my diary
flipped every page
I can trust you
right?

hiding more secrets
every day
finding more things to lock up
but we're still friends
right?

you smile along with my sunny days
though we know
clouds are common
you'll stay through them
right?

what can be truer
than another forced endearment
even though we mean it
every last syllable
right?

I'm important to you
someone you can think of fondly
and keep in your prayers
you won't leave me
right?

::: Car Wreck :::

you are as wasteful as an idling car
and half as pretty
I guess that explains your get away

am I a pacifist?
is that the right word?
my resistance was muted and soft

I don't think you even noticed it
you just shoved
parting me like the rain on your window

wiping me away
with a careless swipe of your arm
like I had no meaning

::: Indignation :::

I don't think you realize
my silence
is caused by your lack of interest
not mine

you don't like all my masks
not surprising
yet somehow I'm insulted
as if you've given me pride

your blatant inefficiency
makes me violent
be glad
I am not so low as to harm you

options are always messy
so are opinions
but I will listen
if only to prove my honour

you are so small
too tiny for your reflection
so you can't see at all
my truth is vanity