deserve:

Show me the light

shining out of your eyes.

Bark at God!

Bear your fangs!

We are but flesh,

we are but bone.

It’s still a mystery,

what it took to form you

from starstuff.

I’m glad the ether formed you.

Guided fates hand.

Look in the glass.

Amber liquid, half empty.

No one ever told you,

about the backend of the

fairytale.

Happily ever after does

a lot of heavy lifting.

Every lie another cross

to bear.

Sometimes it feels wrong.

I still feel the guilt.

I didn’t deserve it.

Didn’t deserve to feel good.

A hand squeezing,

deep in my chest.

It’s there right now.

Does it belong to you?

Along with the boot on

my neck.

The cross is too heavy,

it’s not mine to bear.

Just take another drink.

I can’t,

I won’t.