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.