Lay Your Head Down

Lay your head down

Lay your head down

Lay your head down on me

What is the state

of your heart

Is it concave

Are you awake

Sometimes when I cry

I start to cry harder simply

because I am crying

Or because I know that in the world

Somewhere there are little girls

that are wearing tutus And singing

Christmas songs

Or because there are actual

Shar Pei puppies

that look like rolled up towels

Or because on the internet

you can find pictures of pigs

in rain boots

You can find anything on the internet

That is so cool

Or I cry because

Sarah McLaughlin comes onto my TV

And sings to animals

that don't have homes

F**k you Sarah McLaughlin

Just kidding

I love you Sarah McLaughlin

Sometimes I cry when cheese is really good

Or when I've cut onions

That's just human

I cry when there is no end

and I cry because there is an end

And I cry because you love me so well

And I cry because

I gave my love to other people

before you

And I cry because I used to cry alone

because I wanted to die

I cry because the sunset

is so beautiful on the Connecticut river

I cry because I am scared

I am losing my mind

I cry because I'm on meds or

because I forgot my meds or

I'm crying for the fact

I'm crying

because I forgot my meds

and does this mean actually myself

And I am crying because maybe

I am myself

And that doesn't feel like enough

Lay your head down

Lay your head down

Lay your head down on me

What is the state

of your heart

Is it concave

Are you awake

I cry because sometimes

my only power

feels like tweeting a hashtag

and that is so vapid and useless

Or I cry because I am human

and im connected

and there is immense sadness

in the world

I cry because humanity is frightening

because one person cosumed

with self hatred

and armed with one gun can kill

an entire room of people

I cry because shame propells

so many of us

I cry because so many people forget

how important it is to cry

or made to feel weak when they do

I cry because I want to close my eyes

I cry because I can't

And I cry because there is also good

There's also chocolate cake and love

and Harry Potter

And the brilliant gasps of magic of

holding a hand

And hammocks

I love hammocks

I cry because it is late in the Summer

and all the fireflies are winking

at me and the moon is out

and it wants nothing from me

I cry because my heart used to be

an atlas with all the continents cut out

I cry because I am full now and sure

and say yes when I mean yes

and no when I mean no

and can love you with all of my breath

I cry because I am so well

Because I live so well

And how could one person

possibly be so fortunate

to live with all of this light

Lay your head down

Lay your head down

Lay your head down on me

Lay your head down

Lay your head down

Lay your head down on me

What is the state

of your heart

Is it concave

Are you awake

Stay awake

Stay awake

Stay awake