Get Ready

Before the carbon dioxide, is a breath worth taking 
We'd be stranded without the pointed fingers of our finest locators 
But even hell frozen over would still leave me bound and shaking 
 
You’re a marionettist to this addiction you’re faking 
And we’d be stranded without the pointed needles of our cycloidal navigators 
But one keeps you grounded and the other pierces through skin, aching 

But grip your conscious tightly, before the shift in altitude destroys your decision making
We’d be carrying empty baskets without our greatest negotiators 
But I built a safe space in a snowglobe to avoid the weather patterns we’re mistaking 

Sedate the numbness to adapt to the emotions overtaking
Between the green and the grave, we’re too fearful without our bravest investigators 
I’m receiving messages through the lasting presence I feel when I’m awaking 

The way you looked at me before you left was heartbreaking 
I’m stranded in this affliction that paints me the perpetrator 
And I would trust you with direction but I’m no good at risk-taking 

Of all the empty stares and promises that you’ve been forsaking 
You’re stranded in thin air behind the eyes of a rule violator 
But you don’t have to be under this spell, so painstaking 
We don’t have to deteriorate waiting for something else to start peacemaking
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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