Another day approaching swiftly
with the dawn,
I throw off sheets
and stumble to the phone...
"hello?"
no answer...
but I know it was you,
I know it was you-
only you would call this late.
Everyone looks just like
those chattering monkey toys
eyes alight, grin spread wide
cymbals crashing without meaning...
This is my world-
Shining people
dancing in lights-
everyone trying to catch your attention
and I wait in the shadow
for you to walk out of the spotlights.
I may be blooming late
but I would be sweeter, more beautiful
than anything-
if only you'd notice me.
I feign affections- I prove
that love leaves only casualties...
and I demonstrate,
that even Gaia herself
can't support creatures
like you and I.
All the things I would promise
with hushed voice and trembling lips
are all the things
that you no longer believe true-
things that you gave up hope on long ago...
And you swallow it all with congeniality.
You would hate to give me a chance
to prove you right for once...
to prove there can be functioning emotion
inside of all our faults...
I could take you places
you've never been
and introduce you
to the fatal pleasures
of a dying world...
this is my life-
Welcome to the circus. |