The teeth I had once
Ached to force from their hiding place
Transform

A dim smile
Dancing across the room
Devouring me

Hands I had looked to
Hold together
Push down my frame
Warp everything I'd known
Out of place

I could if I wanted to, you know?
Hisses behind every
Corner I can't quite see past

Everything once outlined
Perfectly defined
Lost in the folds

In the fragments
Of who I was
Before you

I like to blame you
For who I have become

Education, predesigned to open doors,
Becomes a leech on the skull
Draining creativity
Pigmentation leaks from pores

This life becomes a cycle of
Doing as you're told
Never succeeding
Unless you conform

Repetition wears
Warping bones
Bending frames
Reconstructed to their molds

Assembly line humans
"The minds of the future"
Education
Becomes a trap door

At first glance
You compliment me
Orange hues igniting
My brown sugar frame

I have been scratching tallies
Counting down
The days
Until autumns grace

You embalm me
Forever preserved
Begging to forget
To shed your memories

Brown shriveled leaves
Cracking swiftly beneath my heals
Dust which once glowed green
Filled with promises to deceive

My twisted beautiful frame
Will remain
Your words  lost
In the crackle of crisp air

Autumns arrival
Will bring your ruin
But I
Will be born anew

The river
Pecked the shore
I saw your crimson lips

The sun
Kissing the skyline imprinted
Memories of waking by your side

Autumn set around me
Cold wind on my neck
In place of your heated skin

The seasons change makes me ache
To shed clothes like leafs from trees
To cover and compliment you
With the colors of my heart

Glued back together
Porcelain doll
Cracks down the frame
Time heals all
But I am forever changed

You’re all the same
Assembly line humans
Intentions hidden on
Perfectly designed frames

Street light eyes
To guide me home
Are lit by the fire
Stolen from my soul

All holding smiles
Glinting until they blind
You’re all the same*
And you cannot be trusted