Day: May 2, 2024

that was me, just hiding out
from all that nothingness, out there
unbound. No walls, doors, keys, 
screening speak-easy strangers 
spectral space. Lost in the leeway
evaporated

I found a box and put a room inside

seeking that safe way out
so I built it all, starting small
scraps scrimped for a bed-sit
doll's house size with effigy
of me, being moxie daily
easing through the exit
chary-like, not just thrust out
discharged

I found a box and put a room inside

but the room just grew smaller
like Alice I spread, expanded, stood
gotta take big breaths, gotta get out
join those strangers in space
that's my story, learnt to live without
asylum

I found a box and put a room inside