#longliveart

written in lines we don't cross

in damage deflected

a code of conduct

a social contract of caged impulses

and shared priorities ( demons )

A little me inside of you that says HEY

every time you make a decision

every time you consider the future

Love is a future

Spare the truth

spoil the man

tell the truth

ruin your relationship

Young love is a chemical 

( a compulsion )

old love is an institution

I bet myself who we would become

made an investment

put some of my happiness on a reserve price

banked and traded our time

Love is not a battlefield

it's a merger

it's a bear hug

a hostile takeover

Because something in the brain

wants to breed

bloodlines and trend lines

( population decline )

it’s all going down

crying for his crown an emperor in new clothes the gentle weight of gravity pulling us to the ground

Don’t open that door don't look down the well ( the rabbit hole ) you'll fall faster like it knows something we don't

Like a coyote off a cliff the hangman on a rope there’s an iceberg waiting below

Am I humpty or his men? The answer is always both

I want things I don't deserve I envy people I cannot be I am lost in a jealous sea

Move on Move up Swipe to the next screen

step on the necks

of the living

Sink your teeth in

to the skin

bite off more

than you can chew

Let the juice drip

from the corner of your lips

it’s high fructose fantasy

Burn the midnight candle

from both ends

who cares what

the shadows say

Stare directly into that sun

nothing can hide in 4k

too stupid to not eat from the tree

of knowledge I didn't want

Smart enough to know I wanted something better

not smart enough to know what that is

( to know I had it all along )

Shame is the sun

around it we revolve

doubt is my resolve

I am full of cortisol

The fruits of my labors are bitter

like the lumps I made in my bed

I must be a fucking princess

because these peas are killing me

God is dead

guilt is dead

be all you can eat

the other ball drops  to a ten second countdown  that’s a wrap on that 

Whatever happened before  that’s over now 

New year, new you new reasons to yell 

I will scream at you with my thumbs  How dare you type that where I could read it