i swore i heard you
calling out my name
but as soon as i woke up,
i was met with your absence
the medicine,
has worn off now
you're falling out of frame
as much as i choke up,
the tears are absent
i'm masking my disguise
by laughing when i should cry
a mannequin with a conscience
a manic grin is exhausting
to exist between the lines
of life and death
seeing life through a lens
just how long can i pretend?
before you withdraw
from me again
i swore i heard you
calling out my name
but as soon as i woke up,
i was met with your absence
the medicine,
has worn off now
you're falling out of frame
as much as i choke up,
the tears are absent
i'm masking my disguise
by laughing when i should cry
a mannequin with a conscience
a manic grin is exhausting
to exist between the lines
of life and death
seeing life through a lens
just how long can i pretend?
before you withdraw from me again