I dip into the black scribbles in my mind Jot it all down, scrawled out, erratically written Bold, italicize, tangled, underline My voice shatters in shambles, so I write because nobody listens And the light behind your eyes flicker like candles And my hands and head and heart stiffen Your lips loosen and lift me, omnipotent like ***** and lithium You wrap a string around my finger so I do not go missing Because I fill from the inside with helium The frame, feeling, flavor, follows me, lingers, always living