bite my tongue into oblivion
I promised myself
I would not get this quiet again
every time a cup crosses the threshold
look here I am again on the floor
keep selling souls
keep chasing stars
somehow I am still not the light the world wants
or did I pick a color off the spectrum
some day long ago
and I am the only one who still wants it
please
give me all that poison
I will choke it down
until my voice is the first thing gone
until I am steps left on the carpet
at least then I can be a puddle to prove
how fast a mess like this can be cleaned up
and isn’t that
just what they wanted