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