my bouncy house
filled with
empty words
the party ended
& I deflated.
words felt like a fever dream,
hallucinated on make believe
& I believed.
words shifted like the sands,
moved where the wind casted
& I was casted out.
words mined my heart,
excavated what good was left
& I was left to be forgotten.
& we move on like we aren’t stuck on words that once held so much meaning.