putting words out there
just to get them down
to expand the pressure, the energy
that's beating me down
trying
to find
a rhyme
to fill a space
to fill a line
anything to be more mine
to move myself forward
to hold myself back
to make
the thing
that was what i lacked
words
words
words
for better
for worse
for me
for mine
like the need to exhale
or sneeze
or scratch
my words
are the me
that makes me
a match
sparking
fizzling
dimming
and dark
my words
are the fire
that leaves me
a mark