Sound and Spectacle

Vertebrate ripple beneath my fingers

And ribbons of violence dance

Across the sea of insecurities

That you built just for me.

I unspool the curse you placed

Inside of my body, deep, asleep

Near where my soul vibrates

And I lose myself in thought.

Heavy pools of color unfold

Throughout my veins, my heart;

Which cannot sing faster now

Though it tries for you.

A blank sheet of paper invites me

To pour out the blackness that shivers

Underneath the rhythm of happiness

That my body seems to make.

You told me the cure to discord,

Lost in your words, I forgot

Until I found myself

Spinning around my own harmony.

I find my freedom in the noise

Racing between the buildings

And the trees that sway

To their own song.

I am effortlessly dancing, winding

Through your mind and tearing away.

I hope you never catch me again.

I am wild.