Pastel Rascal

Sensitive

Well, I made it to morning

Rotting in my room

Losing my callouses

to the outside world

 

I’m so much more

sensitive these days

Picking

at the strings till my fingers bleed

Call it exposure

therapy

I just feel exposed

 

Self preservation,

like a mummy- embalmed

Hands crossed over my chest

in a butterfly hug

 

Is there room in the shell Frank?

I Haven’t Been Doing So Well

I can tell

 

Fell through the cracks

like so many before

And the cracks are all throughout

this road we thought was safe

The pavement

falls away

Don’t step on the cracks (but they’re all I see)

 

Falling,

aching to be free