We made a secret with

We made a secret with

Ourselves we kept for years

Rejection came early

From both loved ones and peers

We learned to scan crowds for

Acceptance and safety

It began at the start

Conception not lately

Out of the past tense to

Out of the past tense to

Feel textures of today

A living memory

Still adding newer weigh

Love is in the moment

Does it have any tense

It is the Overwhelm

Heavy metal sixth sense

Where is the sigh we seek

Where is the sigh we seek

There was a summer once

Days of guarantees of

Freedom and joyous hunts

Years of jousting to get

Ahead but further from

A time that wasn’t made

But dearly all the sum

It was only a dream

It was only a dream

No one knows it is lost

Clouds die everyday if

Crystals can’t hold their frost

Not casting a shadow

Thin air like darkness stood

Future in the past tense

Was that wasn’t, dead would

Why are we walking on

Why are we walking on

Ukrainian eggshells 

Why do we not defend

Them against Russian swells

Are democracies just

Falling out of power

Not partners in lies like

A dictator coward 

Out of the brush into

Out of the brush into

The rocks and crevices 

A hearty flower blooms

Known as Whatever Is

Thriving and green with a

Touch of improbable

Sturdy and yet subtle

Rooting in obstacle

Narcissus is drinking

Narcissus is drinking

From their own lips below

But sipping of themselves 

Does not pull back the bow

Greatness needs inflating

Hot air balloon sucking

There lies the problem of

Their chaos and fucking