ran circles
corrected lines
astray
betrayed my other side
neglected painful memories
surfaced
accounted for and left to die
faded away
i hate to say i wanted more
precious little things
secrets confessed and kept
traded
another frozen day
created
ashes and faults
simmering
under skin as tight
i frighten away
some i pray a nonexistence
who am i to say
explain constructed systems
in place to sooth imagined ills
this went another way
if forgotten lines
corrected it's fine
i won't cry or wonder
what might be
a thousand futures
at my feet behind
in some other place
and if i said
i meant more
pretend
doors are open
make no mistake
i won't repeat
left blank
protecting innocents
better lines
corrected rhymes i left
and wondered why.

critical thinking skills
not required
sense assault
editorial
hanging fruit
games
splitting sides
required reading
how does one go about
repeating
and does this
admission
render previous
thoughts
wavering
stylistically speaking
pretend
anxious
days away
can you handle
walking over mattresses
rolling cans
pulled back
confines
revelations
a word not said
public intoxication
left me here.