While you were gone, My childhood dog died. I wept for both of you, And I felt like a corpse. While you were gone,

You know, I miss you both Like I miss my childhood blanket That I wonder idly about.

Perfection is an evil reflection On what is really real. Solitude is my gratitude When I am sad. Numbness equals oneness

Not as ardent as before. I’m tired. Slowing down, A tail growing heavier and longer With each day.

If you’re happy, then I’m happy. I’ll be ok if you’re ok. I can’t die without you living. I won’t move on without you search… At night, do you think about me?

She looked like innocence And felt like sin And died like grace And fell like a bird And fell like a bird

I’m falling apart beneath my smile… I grapple blindly for a rope To save myself from rising waters. I come up, lungs full of despair, And my parents cover my mouth

This feeling Makes me want to bless my friends… And find redemption in death. I want to stand in the rain 'Til my bones shake apart

I ran from you all my life. I’ve had problems, But that doesn’t make it right.

While I’m alone, He’s with her. While I’m crying, He’s kissing And rolling

In my house, You don’t ask questions. The whispers from mom and dad Signal you to a hiding place. In my house,

But I’m still a kid Only don’t tell my dad that. He’ll say, no, you’re not a kid And you haven’t been a kid in a lo… I guess that when I cry,

Shambles: They hold my life together. I’m shredded into slices, Trying to hold it whole, And I wonder if anyone

I forget how to love When I’m gritting my teeth Because I’m a fucking hole/ Nothing’s coming out of my mouth n… Because I don’t love my mom,

What if your face was a poem alone… I bet People would read it and cry, And some would feel inflated afte… Because they witnessed something