I wage war
That's never been seen before
Is sanity worth fighting for?
I'm not really sure

Insanity?
A calamity?
I call it individuality!

Who is Society
To create this hypocrisy?!?
It seems like such a tragedy
To waste such ingenuity
To dull the creativity

gravity is only a theory,
and my feet won't touch the ground
the apples may fall,
but i'll keep reading my book underneath the tree, anyway
my bones have only shaken due to cold temperatures in your eyes
and the frostbite stings a bit more than i'd expected
but it's worth the chill to melt again later
when our friction creates a fire between us
starting fires was always a hobby of mine
and although my grass is no longer green
i sort of enjoy this better, anyway

rarely do my lips actually open, anymore
it's always my hands that do the talking
mimicking my own voice
with the sounds of pens scribbling against crumpled and reused pieces of paper

the speech has to fight through my mouth to see light
having been out of order for such a long time, my tongue has been algaefied, my teeth eroded, and my lips rusted
social media
has killed my
social skills
and i'm two feet tall, trapped behind a sheet of glass, with an empty speech bubble hovering over my head

I'm sorry my sweet darling
I should have held your hand
Pulled you close to me
And asked you for a dance.

-ARI

How do I tell her
"My love would be unrequited
so please love me not"