Reticence

Uptight, so downright

Sinking feelings

Abandon ships in the night

So ugly

To the point of hatred

My skin crawling

Yet I feel so alive

So disgusting

So narcissistic

Your nihilism runs

Through these veins

Caustic burning

The eye unlearning

Provocateur flirting

Beyond what's wrong or right

So beautiful

But you don't know it

But given time

We all take time

We are...