this fractured
mind of mine
is always falling
downdowndown
falling into love
into depression
dragged screaming
into a manic fit
broken fingernails
lodged inside my
hollowed out skull
where i tried to
perform another
cunning escape
from the chemicals
forcing me to fall
forever at terminal
velocity with no
hope of ever
finally fucking
crashing into an
oblivion shaped
like her vacant heart

still the goddamned
sparrows flit inside
my shattered seeking
shiny bits in which
to build their nests
in the smoldering
embers of giving up