I can like you as a person
and hold you at a distance
let me set my intention
I don’t need your permission
I don’t need you
I don’t mean that
don’t cross me
don’t leave me
did you ever love me?
do you love me now?
do you even like me?
it’s all unknowable
people say the devil has a sharp tongue
well maybe
the devil is just a woman with wit
that sharpens the sword of her tongue
and writes with a crystal ball point pen
that must be what they thought in Salem
when witchcraft was a more reasonable excuse
than god creating woman with a brain
when all she came from
was the rib of Adam
written by man
sometimes it feels like I’m stranded
sometimes it feels like I’m drowning
and sometimes
it feels like both all at once
with varying severities
oh
sorry
what was the question?
I’m fine
thanks for asking
sometimes I feel dizzy and I wonder
is this what drugs feel like?
and I close my eyes and enjoy it for a second
while the world keeps on moving without me
but I know
that really
it’s just my internal valve
wound too tight
building up the pressure
in my soon-to-burst purple veins
pop a pill in my mouth
and watch a universe
explode
into existence
the tiny capsule
a spark before the bang
only for the light to die
once all the serotonin
drains from my body
I let the bananas go black the other day
it wasn’t on purpose
I don’t like watching things die
I just couldn’t help them
I wasn’t hungry
I couldn’t help them achieve their purpose
why am I here?
I don’t feel good
but I don’t mean like that
I feel bad
I feel sad
I am wrong in the head
I don’t know how I’m supposed to feel
but I know I shouldn’t feel like this
are you okay?
you might ask me
and I might say I am
or I might tell you the truth
and tell you that I’m good enough
because that’s the best I can hope for
right now
it’s like I tasted heaven
but I wasn’t really there
I simply passed by the gate
because I lost the key
that was chained to my neck
and now it’s in Peter’s hand
and he refuses to let go