Heartless and cold
I told you so
Listening to tears
Dialing and calling and answering
Hearing the inevitable
It’s hard not to sneer
Walking toe to heal
Trying not to break the shield
Protecting you from reality
I want to catch you
Save you from this mess
But maybe life will be easier
If you knew what to expect
Instead of living on high hopes
Heart in the clouds
If you were one earth
It wouldn’t hurt
Should I make you see?
And finally be, like all the other scum around
Or should I let you float above it all
This, or let you fall

Penny on the couch
Dent in the leather
Waiting for the hand to strike eleven
Listening to the stormy weather
I stare at the ground
Ignoring the passing faces
Waiting for your shoes to approach
To strike a conversation
You really don’t know me
My name you vaguely remember
But in my head I built of you
The perinthyn, an oasis
Getting lost in a daydream
Confusing it with life
Seems easier and protects me, I ignore the fight
This dream of you
This idea, this play
It’s what keeps me in a tower
Far away
From hurt or loneliness
Reality pains
I’d rather live fake
Staring at the laces
Then looking up
Confronting faces

Consuming consumption consumed
Body, system full
Wallet empty
Mind gone
Spirit flying
Spirit flying
Buying, drinking, eating
Being in crowded rooms
Birds flying past the breakfast window
Never looked so beautiful
Laughing, buying, drinking
Walking down a sidewalk
Stumbling
Falling
Laughing, drinking, buying
Creating experience
Existence
Being popular in books
Consuming
Buying brains
And books
Sipping dollars of coffee
And eating a boughten bagel
Eating, drinking, buying
Sitting alone at a table
Eating, drinking, staring
Birds flying past the breakfast window
Never looked so beautiful