Everyone wants what they cannot have at times
That pang in your chest
One to detest
There of pure longing

The feeling when you know
That ship will never set sail
At least for you
Though others board with ease
to make memories
Out there on the seas

But not you
You’re stuck where you are
Not to move
Even if you wanted to

You get used to it eventually
Though it always hurts
To know you cannot do
Go nor be
What you want most

though
If we can’t accept this
We live stuck in fantasy
Thinking on and dreaming
Of what we ought to be

Living life inside a lie
That you spun yourself
Stuck inside a box
That you, who into it climbed

Please don’t be silly
Don’t be a fool
Like every person out there
Who’s ever wanted more
Tried to even up the score
With a sense of longing
That they could not endure

They’ll just sit there laughing
Thinking that they’ve won
they’re shrouded in delusions
unable to see
They get nicked and cracked
But pay it no mind
Never considered the fact that they
Were beaten more than thought
And they’ll never know they’ve shattered
Till they see the glass

I’ll put up a front
Put on a show
As a tough cookie
baked too long
No soft inside
No sweet chocolate chips
Only bitter burnt
Though I guess it’s a shell
cover up conspiracy
Well the cookie crumbles
So do I
A real cookie
a little undercooked
The outer ring is a bit burnt too
So as to scare
All the nosy Nelly’s away
By these burn stains
that cover my outer frame
Though outward appearances
Are only
Dough deep

Robots
They can’t feel
Can’t cry
Can’t get hurt
Can’t get the hiccups
They don’t comfort people when they’re sad
Don't have brains
Especially ones that go to mush around 12

It seems
You’re not a robot
you’ve done all of the above

Not everyone
is good at expressing their emotions
Not everyone tells the world
That they shed a tear
Some tell nobody and watch as it piles up
More and more
Till they burst

No one
Shows they care the exact same way
So even if they say
That it doesn’t look like you care
even though you know you do
They can’t see it exactly like you
And that’s ok

If they
Make you feel like you’ve done something wrong
Feel as If you in yourself are just wrong
Wrong to be here
Wrong to feel as you do
Let me tell you
You’re not

Since it’s been proven
That you are in fact
Human
I can safely say
That feelings are here to stay

They’re here to stay
No matter how much you tell them
“go away!”
No matter how much you try
To numb your brain
It won’t work

Seeing as you’re human
And I am too
Perhaps I could help you
If you would help me too

Folded origami
Paper cranes
Delicately fluttering
Count of 1000
Healing comes
When reached

Radioactive
From the womb
Worldly Wars
Caused quite
A predicament

Throwing off
Your own weakness
Running free
For the time being

Growing painfully
Quiet
Bones frail
The sickness doesn’t fail

Made a friend
Within hospitals walls
He fell first

Count
The folded birds
So close
but
To weak to fold the paper

Last days
Time left frays
Fade away
Reach a peace
Of mind
Slip into
Your mind
One
Final time

Why?
I want to know
Tell me the things I wonder about
Tell me please
Tell me how
Tell me why

Can I not know?
Am I not allowed?
Is it secret, confidential?
Under lock and key?

Can I find the code?
Break the box to find my answers
Or were they swallowed by the depths?
Must I dive down to dark cold places
Far below what I know
Where is it.

Once I find it
Keep your qualms quiet
You have no say
I’ll take it anyway
Good day!

I like play-things with strings

Like a violin or viola I shall play you
For I am the master of this show
controlling every movement
Every breath

Like marionette and puppet, I control you
I am your puppeteer
You shall dance
And you shall walk
When I move my fingers
To and fro

You’ve no control
So don't mislead others
No one likes liars.

"Don’t be the reason someone is broken"
I saw
On the wall
In the hall
At school today

But I disagree
The only one
one can break
Is themselves

Others crack you
With small rocks
That leave little marks
But you yourself come in
With a boulder
And proceed to
Watch yourself shatter

You see
Others don’t grow the flowers
That lead to your destruction
They give you the seeds
And ask you to plant them

What happens when the tears falling from your eyes are a mystery to even you
When your emotions are in a panic
And you don’t really know what to do

Tears are a natural thing
Let them flow
You might not know why tears are falling from your eyes
But even the strong have a breaking point
So curl up in your bed
And cry
Cry
Cry

Tears may flow
And people may go
But some things stay constant
Love pulls through
And you’ll get through
This much I know

Temporary are the tears
And the sadness

So when the tears falling from your eyes are a mystery
When your emotions are in a panic
And you don’t know what to do
Just cry
Cry
And cry
Until there are no tears left

Because we know
It’ll all be over soon