Vocabulary
I dont think I have anywhere left to go, nothing "new" for you to read
I wanna write something, anything that's devoid
of me
Im at this age where my feelings seldom change and everything I have to say is starting to sound the same
Why cant I just, take myself out of the equation
I can't severe the connection from me to this pen, this keyboard ,these scraps of paper floating
When you grab them and line them all up theres an outline of my heart
I wanna take you somewhere else now, I just dont know where to start
When I was young my father taught me dead languages , gave me kitchen spelling bees
and when I got bad grades I had to copy the dictionary
from a to z, word for word
But I sit here in front of this page empty
because what do I have to show for it?
Absolutely nothing
I need to learn some new words I wish my mind could speak using less adjectives and more verbs
maybe my problem is that I'm sitting still dreaming, instead of actually doing something
Like taking myself out of the equation
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