Day: May 27, 2022

Another pale taxi takes me home tonight.

I watch the streets blossom, watch them flourish.

God, thank you for lending me all this might,

All this spite to stay this sleepless and famished.

The weight ensures it is breaking me daily,

Coming over me, tasting just like your breath.

The demonic neon city still stings me gently.

I prefer this numbness over being a red wreck.

Another pale taxi takes me to your place.

I watch the streets burn, I watch them crumble.

God, thank you for ripping apart all my lace.

I have never been naïve enough to tumble.

-Jackie