Pretty Pictures

I just show the pretty picture

not muted bursts … or
me succumbing to the proxy of alcohol
days of … fetal position

your name echoes in sacred darkness
you stab my captive mind

I just show the pretty picture

through zombied haze
& anesthetized stare
a necessity … for moving forward
playing our game

I don’t want to miss anyone
I don’t want to need anyone
I do not like this … hunger

I just show the pretty picture

it’s good you don’t see me this way
that you don’t see me this way

I just show the pretty picture

in my strength …

I am weak
for you

I transcend …
this veneer …
of … me
FUCK

(for … affection)
i. am. hungry.
FUCK.
you.

it is not … a pretty picture©