Saturday, November 14, 2020

         1.  I eat all my vitamin D pills for breakfast,


I don't know when I'll see the sun again,
It winks at me sometimes behind the highway
That doesn't lead me to my home,
Keep trying to take pictures of it like I wont
See it tomorrow, because I wont 
I spend my days laying under artificial lighting,
It still feels warmer than your skin against my own
It's sad I know, But sad is all I've got now 
That I've left home,





           2.  My breath draws frost onto my windowsill,



I think about you often, rotting by the glass;
Haven't moved from here since I came home,
Incase you ever wondered how slow
The apple tree in my backyard
Is freezing to the core;
I'll let you know, for I sat sad by the door
On that cold October day, 
And haven't gotten up since 





          3.  I leave the pink note you wrote me,



Upon my nightstands light, late at night I go to sleep
Praying I wake up eaten by flames; the warmth reminding me
Of that hot summers day of my departure; 
My sleep is weary with frozen toes, In my dreams
You laugh at me in 44, 





           4.  Haven't made a snow angel yet,


The ice melts too fast on my burning tropical skin;
I sometimes lay in my backyard when my heart feels too heavy
And weak; I hope to burn 
A whole so deep,
I'd be back home overseas 






            5. I Actually have a porch now, 



I can lay and sleep sad on something I've never been
Sad on before, but the neighbor wakes me up
When he mows his lawn late at night,
Says the power is cheaper after midnight
I say the world is softer after midnight
And I sleep quieter during twilight now,
I think he stopped mowing his lawn so late at dusk
But it's winter now, and I can't sleep no more
And he can't mow his lawn in the morning 
Due to all the frost, We both don't like the snow
I tell him tales of a Sun that burns too low
And he asked me why I even left
So I never talked to him again





             6. Everything reminds me of you here,



You'd love the neighborhoods dog, she cries every night
At 3 am, I barely hear her over my own;
Keep waking up to the smell of salt, everything reminds me
Of back home, Never liked the ocean
Until I couldn't go





             7.   I wonder what you're doing now, 



Laying under a stolen sun,
Haven't seen it in my neighborhood for days
Back home sounds like a swear word now,
My father cries when I speak of it too much,
But I can't help it when I scream it 
In my sleep






             8.  I'll see my mother grow old through the phone,




I only talk to my therapist about this
I thought it would be a good idea
To pay someone to listen to me,
She thinks I carry the past too deep inside of me
I told her I need some time to think
I've left all my feelings overseas,







           9.  I've been smoking too much lately,



And drinking too much coffee, you'd be surprised at how much caffeine
An anxious mess can drink, but it's the only thing that ever made my heart beat
Faster than you ever could;
In a city where all the clocks have frozen,
I stay awake while your asleep and smoke
My days away like I've got so much left 
Of them to give, 






               10.  I think too much here, everyday



I would say goodbye to you,
In a form of a goodnight
And I sometimes stop and think
If that's the reason 
I can't sleep at night 









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