park bench
gut wrench
the clouds are dense
with grey reflection
incoherent in the gentle rain
the petals tear apart my face
and i look better this way
falling down i wait for my decay
there is nothing left to penetrate
betrayal eats at my remains
i go hollow
so i don't go insane
condensation in my camera lens
i want friends
but in my solitude
i am perfect nothing
in the present i am always held
by myself
i was innocent
i was innocent
why do you want me dead
i don't want anything
i don't want anything
it's in this void i'm safe
there's nothing left to want
there's nothing left to want
empty world of false gods
there's nothing left to want
there's nothing left to want
now i'm gone
now i'm gone
run away
process pain
in the blossom rain
there is no
way to change
what is true
why i ache
i was innocent
i was innocent
innocent
innocent
disappearing
incoherent
innocent
innocent
no one will ever see me again
- Recital of the Sylvia Plath poem "I Am Vertical" -