Jittered
Jagged
Jaded

Thoughts I can't control
With a
Racing

Ripping
Rabid rage
Packed in a rabbit's hole

Scratching
Scraping
Screaming

Dark and dampened shouts
I can see the light
But I can't squeeze my way out


Lay in the shadows with my doubts


To think
How I waved good bye
The things keeping me alive

As I hopped inside

I guess I never realized

The younger me had seen the end of his brighter days
Tell him that I'm alright
Tell him that we're the same in so many different ways


The one way out is through my mouth
Where tangled tongues can't be without

When ears of smoke make blackened rooms
Then all of your thoughts start choking too
I wonder ways and wish them through

Your better days are up to you
It's up to you


It's alright
I'm alright


The long lengthy leads that last
Take fast tracks back to our past
With a wilting wonder of

What one will overcome
When one's younger days are done