Need
I.
Translucent
The world in between
two sheets of plastic
Control and the mask
The world revolving
around popcorn and jello
and the anxious and
the hopeful
running
to a complete stop
the world: conflicting paradises
bird song
caught in your throat
one shatter
and the world runs down your sides
clean and bright
you're glowing
II.
So
let me get this straight
If I flip a switch
I'm more
I'm better
I'm stronger
I'm determined
I'm brave
I'm different
That's right
What's the catch
Excuse me?
There's always a catch
(you've known it all along)
So, I'm waiting
You have to find the switch
and with that he left
me and a broken switch
me alone in an empty room
an empty world
my mind searching every corner and crevice for
the bull in the china shop
until he charged
and I couldn't hide from myself any longer
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