I know I disappear occasionally
I lock myself in my room silently
Sitting alone
Just me on my own
Feeling so overwhelmed by all the noise

By all the people
By all the attention
By all the commotion

It takes a part of me
And leaves no emotion
I won't apologize
No
not this time

I take comfort in forgetting what I have been meaning to forget.

Half of mind left trailing the night
-dreamtime holds on tight

hands dragging you back
-back to the night

where black cape over your eyes
-blindly led a merry dance

you spin and run and twirled about
-to remember and to forget

situations over which you have no say
-the night the night to which you will return.

You ever get that empty feeling in your chest
that you've lost someone dear to you? They're still here
but are they really here?
That's the difference.
Where have you gone?
I miss you.