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
you said it makes you anxious
the idea of living a normal life
where you settle down and have two kids
but is it possible
that a not-normal life
doesn’t scare you
a not-normal life
is just full of enough noise
to drown out all the thoughts
and distract from all the fears
so that there’s no time left
to think or to feel
I lost my heart
but then you found it
tangled in the weeds
I once called civility
but I now know by a different name
I lost my mind
it’s funny how
the ones who make you crazy
convince you
the rest of the world is insane
it’s funny
except no one is laughing but me
because it feels so strange
to think with such clarity
and such calm
you are my life-giving ocean
washing over me
keeping me safe and warm and smooth
like a piece of broken glass
made into something beautiful
after being worn down by the waves
you’ve made me a heathen
in the most civil and wild way there is to be
because I’ve become me
and I am free
it’s like suddenly
I took this magic pill
and I was given the gift of reason
and all my fears seemed to disappear
my anxieties subsided
or at least they were dulled out
beneath the surface
the layer of fog
on top of all my other emotions
became lifted
suddenly I could feel
everything I was supposed to feel
everything that was numbed out
and only came alive
in the worst way
when I was in pain
when I was alone
but now
the apathy has come crawling back
with a vengeance
and I don’t even know
if I would call it a sadness
because I have nothing to blame it on
and the only people who understand
who feel the same way
and go through the same thing
don’t know what to do either
they tell me what I already know
so that I know I’m not alone
but there’s no answer
there’s no solution anyone can give me
and I’ve run out of ways to express myself
when he asks me
what is wrong?
because the answer is
honestly
nothing
I just don’t feel right
I don’t feel like myself
and sometimes
I don’t even know
who that’s supposed to be
your chest is the earth
my fingers are the roots
your breath is the air
my mouth is the ocean
your cells are the creatures
and my hair is the jungle
we create our own world
in our bed, the universe
you make my body relax
when you touch me
you give my body goose bumps
down my right thigh
when you kiss me on the neck
and hold my hair
at the nape of my head
I love it
when you touch me