salted and buttered
water drop in hard kernel
heat, explode, popcorn

Voices sing—
Mesmerizing, hypnotizing;
Trapped thoughts
Live out stories in your head
As you rest in your bed,
And you never
Thought you’d be,
Caught in this web,
Living out fantasies,
Unruly
As you sleep,
And everything
Fades,
Only faint memories
Remain,
When you wake.

No longer
Trying
To follow
False hearts
To the edge
Of the earth,
Finished
Pouring cups
Over lost love letters,
Lit up by the smallest
Flame,
In this moment,
I’m my only
Friend and enemy.