sanguine is melancholy
a nail stomping through your shoe
but there is no reaction to give the pain
synonyms in my head
the world doesn’t seem to agree with me
that misery is sanguine
a place to be alone laying on the cold floor
it feels good but getting up doesn’t sound so
sanguine is the shadow behind the mirror
whispering to me what I didn’t want to see
words that have different dictionaries
worlds that have different bedtime stories
in a world where I can’t fall asleep

the real world says sanguine is lemonade
cheerful affection upon a return
stirring butterflies up out of my mouth
a new day is born
somebody laughs
somebody lights up the room
sanguine exists that way for them

and yet sanguine I feel for me
alone as a word in my world