Tiny Organisms

You had gotten better At pulling child locks To all the pills you only used So you could feel a lot But sleeping turned to sobbing And screaming through the wall At men you thought had robbed me But who weren’t ever there at all Deep inside my skull You pressed your fingers into mine But I’m not one for psychics So I gave you all my mind The mirror came and cut me Ripped my head clean off my spine You said it sounded troubling But more like a waste of time I know I took a lifeline But this time I’m going far It nearly took a lifetime But I smiled Before I crashed the car She swims below my eyebrows Crawled on through me like disease But I’m not growing sickly Just closer to a sleep Getting up we lean to leave Run fingers down my keys She’s tired of conversation But she’s not tired of me I know I took a lifeline But this time I’m going far It nearly took a lifetime But I smiled