the traffic
was light
while the
music felt
transcendent
as a fool
daydreamed
downtheroad

i woke
anxious
over my
insistent
andconsistent
vulnerability
overexposed
andundercooked
i need to
hidefrom
allthesilent
eyes who
never
acknowledge me
yet follow
eachandevery
stumbling
move

there is
lessandless
to see as i
over share
everyemotional
indiscretion
ringing
the church bells
the ugly fool
seeking a taste
of beauty in
a world which
doesn’t care

yet still
the fire in
mybellyburns
and as long
as blood flows
from the many
cutsandscrapes
i am not able
to rest

there is no
calmbetweenstorms
no time to
sifttheashes
in a bipolar hell
screaming out
in lowercase
daydreaming
a better tomorrow
in bitter denial