Every morning I go underneath the Earth
I leave the trees behind to walk upon concrete
A utopia of green and blue
For a dystopia of gray and black
Trying to maximize my worth
A weekly void to fill
Means to survive
Off of hands I do not want touching me
They have the tightest grip around my throat
More is not enough
Everything I have I turn over
To breathe air that they poison
Drinking the water they have polluted
I scream and I shake and I cry
How can they do this?
Why is everyone okay with this?
Do we have no say?

Blind power
I look around me
You are all staring at a small screen
A device they have handed you
You even paid them for it
And now it distracts you
From the poison they feed you
A revolution! Please, I beg
Around me blank stares
She wore it best, he's dating that *****
Wake up I plead
There is no power left of the people
Willing wrists
To be cuffed

He had salt water in his veins
I knew it from the moment our eyes met
His calloused hands proving worth
I needed to consume him
He reached for the flower in my braid
I led him down an alley

In my home he removed his hat
My clothes, my insecurities, my skin
He gave me shells from his life
I treasured them like coins

When he had to return to the Sea
He kissed my cheek
I bid him farewell
That was the beginning

Please stop hurting yourself my love
Let me take this from you
Your eyes have yet to see true pain
True heartache
I can't tell you enough how much better it will be
How much harder things will get
How satisfying success is
How the defeats are devastating
How you will continue to pick yourself up
And knock your own self down
The trials and tribulations are real
But the glory is so powerful
So prevailing
So please stop hurting yourself my dear
You will see true pain
In a few short years.

The hushed force drives you near
Rushing around you filling your ears
Are you healed yet?

You push deeper
Walking towards the center, steeper
Are your eyes closed?

One last breath
You exhale whatever is left
Are you sinking?

Underneath her surface
There is nothing to purchase
Are you pure yet?

The deepest fear
Remaining here
Never to be noticed.

You leave on Mondays
At the same time
Most weeks

You gently tell me goodbye
I fold into your arms
And let you kiss me

You have gone
While I am left behind
Waiting for your call

Silence.
Silence.
Silence.

My soul goes black.
Open wounds I pick at
I cry for you to remember me

Occasionally you miss me
You let me back into your world
After a long while

You confidently tell me hello
I fold into your arms
And let you kiss me

And I crave it.

I jump into it wholeheartedly.

The same trap.

She is
            A''''
        Shadow
She stalks and haunts you by the DARK
She conjures your mind
          Into a sea of EVIL
and follows you swiftly
            Into
         Your END,
But just then
            She leaves you bare

SHE IS
         A''''''''
                WITCH
She
          Casts
        A spell
      On your heart
And mesmerizes
           You
                        With her EYES
AND
       WITH THE BOUNCE
            OF
HER
           *******......
She locks you into a SEA
               OF ILLUSION
AND
           You are forever
                        History.

SHE'S
         A''''''''''
              THIEF
She says
        She's not after your
            Money
   Yet
She wants your soul,
She wants your heart
AND
     WANTS
         YOUR
        .    LIFE.

SHE
      IS
         A
   ............QUEEN.
               She travels
     .    Through
   .. ........      The
               Tributaries
                   Into the DEEP BLUE SEA
      AND
            WEARS
                 HER CROWN,
        SHE SEARCHES
              FOR SOULS
           SEARCHES
                 FOR
                   HEARTS
AND
        THEN
     ...   SHE
              LURES
                  AND DECIEVES
  
SHE
       IS
          .A
               SHADOW
  

RUN
        RUN
             RUN
                FROM
                     HER.