When I was 16 I got lost in a tunnel
I had a accomplice
She was braver, smarter, and cooler
Her eyes were jet black
A voice with pure harmony
Golden brown skin and a red nose
She knew everything about me
She knew my dreams
My thoughts
My nightmares
My adoration of her
I couldn’t tell you her dreams
I couldn’t tell you her thoughts
I couldn’t tell you her nightmares
Teenage arrogance destroyed us
And then I realized
There was no US
There was an idea of “US”
It just wasn’t mutual
So there’s one other being in this world
Besides your father
That truly knows what you are Malvo
Your soul is no longer your own
You fragmented it
If only you could destroy your pride
If only you didn’t get high off an idea
Perhaps an idea
A dream
Could have been reality
It’s been years now
No chinks in my armour since then
No weakness
Not even pride
Just self hatred
And hollowness
In my fortress of solitude, I got an idea
I don’t need society’s tunnels
Tunnels of love
Tunnels of envy
Or tunnels of pride
I made my own tunnel
One nobody but me can see
One I know I’ll never escape from