Quietus

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my quiet is a white sheet strung up for your projections. tell me how i’m feeling, cowering behind my tongue. shadow puppet captive, i stay haunted this way. the dark is no surprise to the phantoms in my brain. the sound does not know what it wants. i know what silence does. i am an empty bed, lovingly made with shame. i know your hungry gaze won’t save me from self-hate. i drew a map of all i’ve missed, years delayed and mutely spent. my feet remain cemented. the route home is endless. the sound does not know what it wants. i know what silence does. how is it that you break what was never complete. locked in this jaw-bone cage, i am never free. i fade from crowded rooms, slip silent into night. like heat lightning, i will never strike.

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from Demo, released January 1, 2016

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