i'm sorry i'm the way i am
i sprint like a startled cat...

Go back to where you
came from...

The ocean is fathomless and welcoming.
Arms outstretch above...

In, thoroughly
then out, slowly...

Now I tuck you in. Your hands
are warmer today...

this is all fake
the laughs at the clink of...

Let me tell you,
my depression...

The ride back
home was silent...

The house is mute,
steeped with exasperation...

2:41 a.m., I woke up startled
when a missile plummeted in a backyard...

Go on.
Speak of foreign lands...

The thought hits me sometimes
like a bolt from the blue, that...