n

i need to have
my faith restored in
humanity

i need to be drowned in
the bright lights and
fast living of the city where i belong
(to make me forget)

i need to feel that
stretch of
endless highway
(beneath my knuckles)

where i can drive my car
so fast

that your misery will never catch up with me

i need the words
of a
poet

the
heart
of an innocent

the mind
of a
stoic

(for my life has changed)

i am
inconsolable
beyond recognition

i fell asleep
in reality

and awoke to a
world gone mad.

(and this, my frards, is why i never dabble in poetry)