Toxic

Listen

can we stop our mouths from making promises we can’t keep

from wanting to taste something we both know we can’t have

can we stop breaking glass just to show that we are angry

before it’s too late and there’s too much to fix

Listen

I want you to comprehend the words I say under my breath without having to scream them out

can we name what we have misery

can we name what we have remedy

because it’s destroying us

but

giving us comfort

Listen

these words are the shackles we wear

blatantly saying that there’s things more important than love

I know this can be ignored for as long as possible

kept shriveled up in our back pockets

but this is a mistake

Listen

we cannot create new rhythm

every sound seems to be repetition of the same old broken records we played when we first met

still holding onto the ashes

when we should let it disappear into the atmosphere

Listen

You know we’re too close to the bottom

you know our boat capsized long ago

now we’re just swimming up against the tides

but I’m getting tired

Listen

I’m losing my sanity trying not to lose us.