In Framing

Well, you fell for the first option presented of new rebirth

You couldn't see it but you thought you'd believe it

Since your soles cramping up

Have been swollen and sore

Your new shoes back then

Just don't fit anymore

You retraced the same shape

Cut up and re-sewn

When you felt abandoned

When you felt alone

When you felt alone

And on New Years, you resolved to make your chaos external

(Duress of sickening kinds, half year blacked-out of my mind)

No string traced back to a place-marker, alleviate

Erase failed attempts at

Obstructing machines

Got drained when the crutch

Became vampiracy

Bit off more than could chew

And then swallowed it whole

I choked on your temper

When you felt alone

When you felt alone

And the sirens

Cry loudly

I'm reflexive

I cry loudly

Put my picture

In framing

Hung forever

Left me strangling

Called me, "Baby"

And with your nature reversed

And our home as our cage

You caved and you asked

"Is this coming of age?"

As you climbed out the window

Your face cold as stone

You lifted the towel

Your wrist showed the bone

Held my breath in the ER

I swayed as I stood

I tried to stay steady

Protect you the best that I could

You pretended to sleep

The entire ride home

But I heard you crying

When you felt alone

When you felt alone

When you felt alone