I need this.
This is a tragic city of circumstance
You and I are puppeteers
Lets play with souls
I feel the heartbeats trumpet between my thumb and forefinger
Twist the marionette
Spiral it real tight
Let it go
Watch the chaos unfold
See the fake smiling faces
And dance
Lets you and I spin until the world rotates so fast it goes flying
Because we are giants
We can spin
You and I
“Lets be sad today”
You dwindle down upon your knees afraid of the ensuing noise
A quiet life is all you want to hear
I tell you “get me an icicle”
You do
I wrench it behind your eyeballs
Fear is harmony wearing a mask
Honey-suckling lips in the distance we can reach if we follow death’s trap
Take my giant hand scarred by the marionettes of the past
Eat my heels and depart
Leave this dust behind, I tell you
We can be new. We can be fresh.
Looking back, what a stupid awful person I am
Nothing can be new if it exists
Everything is rotten
eventually
We will never adjust to the timeline with the strings rotating above
You wanted this, I remind you
This day of quiet realization
This pool of grief we are wading through
I will never tell you to hold your breath or
To keep your head underwater
It does not matter if you breathe
This day, like every other fucking day
Is not new
But for us, its the end
Because the moment you look up into the cloudless sky
You will see it, hands writhing and laughing
Moving your limbs without consent
Twisting
You will see we are players of our own game
We have no entitlement
For this is not my life
This is not your life
It’s every life
Do not try and cut the strings, for you will be the only one who is actually free, but not free you see
Give me an eraser, I tell you
You do
I get rid of your entire being
Wake up, smile, tell me
“What a frightening dream”