my leg has fallen asleep
and now i can’t stand up
i’m sitting on the floor
and the concrete is rough
pins and needles in one foot
pain like revenge if i move
i’ve only been sitting here for 10 minutes
but it is difficult to soothe -
- myself when the world is angry
and they always say we are doing it wrong
say i can’t claim anything
we’ve been on our own all along...
going to pick at chipped nail polish
mispronounce the neighbour’s name
don’t want anyone knowing -
we only have ourselves to blame
for being stuck on this spot
all of this time - and we still can’t get up
don’t want to accept what they say
it’s what we know…but have forgotten
every yawn is a reminder
that we’ve still only read a chapter
of that overdue library book
woken up by echoing laughter
bring me paper and pens
if i’m not allowed to cry
if my body won’t let me move
let me remember this life
i will scribble and i will scrawl
unsatisfying narratives and plot holes
a plagiarized paragraph from a dream
a lengthy lecture filled with screams
and now i can’t stand up
i’m sitting on the floor
and the concrete is rough
pins and needles in one foot
pain like revenge if i move
i’ve only been sitting here for 10 minutes
but it is difficult to soothe -
- myself when the world is angry
and they always say we are doing it wrong
say i can’t claim anything
we’ve been on our own all along...
going to pick at chipped nail polish
mispronounce the neighbour’s name
don’t want anyone knowing -
we only have ourselves to blame
for being stuck on this spot
all of this time - and we still can’t get up
don’t want to accept what they say
it’s what we know…but have forgotten
every yawn is a reminder
that we’ve still only read a chapter
of that overdue library book
woken up by echoing laughter
bring me paper and pens
if i’m not allowed to cry
if my body won’t let me move
let me remember this life
i will scribble and i will scrawl
unsatisfying narratives and plot holes
a plagiarized paragraph from a dream
a lengthy lecture filled with screams