your body weighs heavy
what made you this way?
lost between the branches
of your failing will

who stole your voice?
and kept you contained
you would sing as a bird
now you will not fly

can you trace the origin?
can you dig yourself?
out of this fever
that surrounds you

no I will not leave
no matter how you push
and shelter yourself
from loving company

if this maddened world
consumes you whole
i’ll dig another hole
right beside yours