what if i just cut my legs off
my arms off
my head off
a black dahlia, plucked apart
bleeding, drained
directly from my heart
what if i just dropped dead
my art is nothing special
everything has been made before
what if i just dropped dead?
the world would keep running—
my presence is only an inconvenience
to myself.
i only feel happy
under the influence
i'm closer to dying
but hey, it feels better
than i usually do.
physical pain is the pain i prefer
the flavor isn't bitter, isn't sour
it's the type of pain that i know how to handle
with some ice, some pressure, some time.
i miss you a lot
under the influence
you're so far away
but hey, it feels better
than i usually do.
i still have a distorted memory of you.
i remember we skated together.
i remember you convinced me to start playing hockey.
i remember you buying me ice cream.
five years ago, i know things can change.
but still, after four, you won't consider me?
i know that sounds stuck up—three years is the max.
but two me you were
my number one.
i still have a distorted memory of you.
i remember i asked if you were gonna go.
i remember i asked if i should ask.
i remember you cut me off.
then at that time, i realized
that this team is just pretending
to love me and accept me
they just wanted $400
squeezed out of me.
i wish i was still passionate
so i can pretend to love life
but still no words come out
no words can
i was tricked into thinking
nothing about me is okay
but everything is okay,
i swear to god it's okay
for fuck's sake, define happy
i need to know what it is
i want to be what it is
are you?
choose a number from one to four
have you felt lonely? have you felt angry?
have you felt like you want to destroy yourself?
i've already tried to do whatever you're suggesting to—
everything i try just comes back.
i wish i can blame you for everything i feel
but i know in some ways, i walked into this
everytime i see you, i tense up just a bit
i wish i didn't daydream so damn much
when i see your face
it's nothing i remember
vaguely it's you but
so full of hate
choose a number from ten to twelve
that's how many hours that i've cried
i hope you got what you fucking want
i wish i was still passionate
so i can pretend to move on
but still my feet are planted
still my feet are planted
and i know you'll never love me
never touch me, never kiss me
i almost killed myself
and you didn't blink.
huff huff huff
my nose hurts
my soul hurts
my throat hurts.
i can't hear my own evidence
as i yell and laugh, albeit pretending
that i'm having
the time of my life
huff huff huff.
ears nose and throat.
mucous membranes of the spirit
absorbing through osmosis.
culture, loving, romance
each and every passing second
i want to live that, i want to dream that
but wants become realities
and my purpose is depleted.