can you feel it creeping in
claws scratch softened lines

this skin

was broken from the start
white lies repaint this part

my heart is abused by my mind
and it can just stare paralyzed

It’s too soon
To open our cages
And let us roam
Freely around

Our lessons
Are not yet learned
And we aren’t
Thinking sound

We feel trapped
Instead of safe
And we don’t want
To be homeward bound

Yet if we look
Into the future
Will know too late
When we aren’t found