I Never Thought I Would Be Okay

I let intentions hold more power than actions

and that's why I fall asleep alone

I sit here idly finding timely

spacing and phrasing while writing and scribbling

words of watered down angst and heartbreak

while my spirit runs wildly

How I envy my free spirit

And how I envy what I was supposed to be

My heart inhabiting life's snaking lucid dreams

liquid ambitions secret fiction and other seamless things

packed in stitch packed in a propaganda to sell my friends

on the statement that life holds meaning

And I can write about the life I'm living

but most often it feels like I'm just writing

not living

But that's never stopped me before

That's never stopped me before so I continue writing

and seeing that after love and learning so many things I never wanted to know

And now I'm a self-taught professional at letting go

Accepting that only black and white in life

is now grapevines wrapping around my mind

And numbing me into falling into falling in love,

A sacred bond now a cultural joke

Still trying to live but functioning enough to keep pushing

I wish I could finally inhale and exhale freely

but sometimes I need to choke

I need to be reminded that this is not another formulated system

I've come upon in order to feel accepted

Or maybe it is

Because I've become pretty good at keeping my demons at bay

And I always tell myself I got them to go away

But every time I move on to a new point in my life

I want them to stay

And everyday I'll invite them into my home stupidly

just so I don't feel so alone

Cause now I'm drowning

Hoping somebody comes by

Or sees me as something worth saving

And the interesting thing about falling in love

is that sometimes moving on keeps me from moving forward

I found out I'm not so grave

And I wanted to say this to your face but my pride scared me away

So just promise me you'll tell me you love me

Even if you're lying

Because it's all I wanna hear

So just promise me you'll tell me you love me

Even if you're lying

Because it's all I wanna hear

Promise me you'll tell me you love me

Because I love you,

my dear

And I know it's petty

I know it's petty

But then again, so were we.