The lights are off,
I'm still home.

The lights are off,
but I'm not alone.

The lights are off,
everything is gone.

Maybe it was because
I couldn't find it in me.

Maybe it was because
I was high on endorphins.

Maybe it was because
I could smell it,
I just couldn't care.

Maybe I'll be an ***,
say it's because you're ugly.

Maybe I'll lie,
shake my hand way too much.

Maybe it just felt wrong
because I was no longer a home.

Maybe I just fill my time
with reading every line,

maybe I'm the coward.

Maybe I've been lowered,
never who I was meant to be.

Maybe I'm lost and
he is the found.

I give respect now
because I grew into a being.