all in my head.

sounds fade out 
and colors dim
the only light 
is from your chapsticked grin
as we dance 
and laugh 
and sing 
out of key, out of tune too
but I don't care 
and neither do you
so we keep on singing
our voices strong
still boppin and hoppin 
cross the living room floor 
your joy is infectious 
filling me up 
with a sickness I don't want to cure
my laughter is louder 
then it was before
our wildness gives us wings of song 
to delicately alight on 
and then fall down to the ground
laughing so hard 
and a simple joke 
that may have gone to far
what fun we've had 
and it's really to bad
that all of it
was all in my head. 
 

Inkpaw

VT

18 years old

More by Inkpaw

  • The Boxes In The Corner

    Looming over your shoulders

    Each stack higher than its former

    Every thought and every scrap

    Of an idea too scared to ponder

     

    Every moment that hurt

    Each minute that lingered longer

  • Inadequacy


    How do I push the words out
    From behind my taffy tongue 
    Thick with salty tears 
    And full of grubby thumb 


    I’m a child 
    Pretending that I’m numb 
    To escape the overwhelming feelings 

  • Paper Frogs

    Why

    When feet fall soft but quick 

    Does the hallway extend

    And the hot breath of whoever’s behind me feel hotter 

    Why do I stay pressed to the wall 

    Like a stubborn gruby sticker