lost in a world & loving
is optional here
-
if you want to leave
then you can go alone
& close the door
she doesn't need you anymore
breathe clouds onto
the windows and track
wisps of air & currents
just counting ways
to stay behind
and refuse to touch the ground
mea maxima culpa
but it's just words
but it's just worthless
& look to the horizon
no pity for the sun queen
fighting words like a prayer
& the world is at her feet
but the people underneath
need to give up, anyways
stand like a pillar
a form of neoclassical beauty;
carve out her words &
let them bleed
some lessons taste like iron
[some heroes are the sacrifice]
fight for a nation,
let that power flow through your veins
& refuse to start anew;
welcome to history alive
and watch her crush your soul
like a heart
under the moon
she will begin again
but this heartbreak is not a curse
spine straight & fists clenched
mind counting the days till you return
& loving is optional here
but choices never are