This world is my city,

A school of piranha, swimming in a sea of tears.
Razor teeth and gaping mouths,
Each more ravenous than the next,
Feasting on the fears that flow from my veins
In the brilliant colors of doubt,
Leaving me defenseless.

This world is relentless.

In its cold gaze of disdain,
Leaving a stain upon my soul,
Which made me whole,
Made me cold,
Then broke me to pieces
And left me crying in my sleep.

This world is deep.

Like an ocean of night skies,
And I am drowning in it,
With downcast eyes
Trying so hard
To be the man I remember,
In a past I wish I could forget.

This world is regret.

In the unfulfilled promises
Carried by the hands of yesterday,
Holding sway over the bulging seams
And fabric of my reality,
Sewn in heart strings, that once severed,
Allows me to break through.

This world is you.

And you are everything in it,
While I, the unwelcome stranger
Wish only to stay a while longer,
A sacrifice to danger,
And in remembrance, linger
Of the ring upon your finger.