Driving beyond the speed limit
with all the windows rolled down
and a car halfway to soaring,
we are the kings of our tomorrow.
Singing at the top of our lungs
as the crisp, autumn air violently
shook us with every breath,
we are a beautiful madness.
Running barefoot to the playground
through a sudden, midsummer storm,
and laughing despite the rain,
we are dangerously alive.
Crying silently to the wild stars above,
in hopes that happiness will find us
before our next nightmare does,
we are brilliantly broken.
Loving recklessly as we search for
the love we think we deserve,
for the person who won't define us,
but enrich our existence,
we
We procrastinate all over,
yet expect things to get done.
We expect to win the marathon,
when we don't try to run.
We just sit here and keep waiting,
and man, we can't even see,
The longer we wait for the future,
the shorter it will be.
people like to drown in their misery
because it somehow reminds them
that they're alive.
take the lady sitting by the fog-kissed window, for example.
see how delicately her lower lip quivers
as she downs pints of coffee like a drug addiction
when in reality, each sip creates fissures on her tongue
and fills her stomach with caffeinated liquid
she secretly wishes was cyanide.
or watch how the curious boy with suns as eyes
turns to face you and aligns his line of sight with yours;
watch how his juvenile soul becomes
a map of bones so easy for you to read.
suddenly, you realize a gaze could have never held
that much despair
until