::: Little Bird :::

you really are a blind little bird
aren't you?
just pecking at the crumbs
that were my heart
but you didn't know
didn't mean to hurt me

I'm bleeding

still
I love to stroke your feathers
ruffle your plumage
kiss your sweet head
I adore you, little bird
though you unwittingly destroy me

::: That's All :::

no one really knows me
I lie most to those who love me best
letting them believe I am
who they need me to be
I am truly nothing
wind and dust
with little drabs of starlight
that's all

there's this girl I know
she's a lot prettier than I think she gives herself credit for
and her charisma melts my heart
but I am nothing to her
though she says
she loves me
with some secondhand adoration I cannot stand
that's all

I am undeserving
greedy and filled with meaningless desires
they are nothing
my own existence makes me sick
such fervent want should not exist
I am an empty void
sucking the love out of all I touch
that's all