Submissions by CircleDanceSquared (AlyssaJane96)

Passing streets in Portland
seeing people pan handlin
craving for a fix
strung out like a damn mandolin
cattle driven and never questioning who's in the saddle
hollow as a ping pong being beaten by a paddle
puddle splashed, sidewalk trash, shanty town huddle
numb lips sputter spit as they mumble gibberish
once vivid dreams of their childhood innocence
replaced by rocks and scribblish thoughts
pupils resembling black dots dragging on a sentence..
even though it wants to stop
but they can't stop.
Their staggered teeth...

My poison is rolled white paper pollution
I preform self surgeries using bandaid solutions
most days I feel useless like the lifeless youth
that left home a second too late or a moment too soon
I wish I knew the importance of the moon
would I question my every move
or move on
life is the balloon my parents put in my hands to hold on
I grew and I flew into new horrizons
I blew smoke and I choked on the fumes that rised
where do balloons go when they die?
I went shopping for a coffin but they didn't have my size
I realized I was in...