She faces the sun,

Turns her face straight to its beams,

Letting it wash over her disposition,

Bathing her in naivety,

And she shields her eyes,

With her rose-colored glasses.

Mother Media,

Has strapped us to her highchair of lies,

And spoonfed us,

What she believes is best,

Despite our protestant cries.

When this city burns to the ground,

I’ll be there, holding your hand,

As it all slowly turns to ash,

And the memories float to the stars.

Leaning my head on your shoulder,

Looking up at your eyes,

I’ll see the blaze flickering in them,

And I will smile softly,

And you will smile down at me,

And we will gaze proudly upon our accomplishment.

My feet almost quiver as they hit the pavement,

Terrified to take another step.

Petrified to move forward.

For it forces my mind to realize what comes next,

What is in front of me,

What came before that step.

Can’t I just stand still?

Make time stop,

Tangle myself in a freeze frame,

And wait for you to arrive to resume?

Bury myself,

In a heaven,

Made of sheets, blankets, and pillows.

Cradle my weary body,

Aching muscles,

Tired mind.

Engulf and swallow my every inch of being,

Embrace my every inch of flesh.

Bury myself,

And all my thoughts.

And let my troubles and woes,

Melt into the seams and stitches,

Let my burdens and confusion,

Disappear amongst the threads.

Bury myself,

And sink into a world of dreams.

I can feel the blood,

The surge of warm,

Involuntary blood,

Rush to my head,

Dizzy my thoughts,

Redden my cheeks.

Oh, what you do to me.

Walking, I was consumed in my own trivial daily thoughts,

And I stopped, for the door in my path was closed.

Before I could figure out why,

It opened.

A woman stood there in the doorway,

Staring me down with hollow, vacant eyes.

She scowled at me,

I tried to maintain no expression at all.

And meanwhile, my thoughts were washed away.

But slowly, one thought was clear.

I will never allow myself to be,

Like that woman, or rather,

The lack of a woman,

On the other side of the doorway.