adolescent countdown
you're nothing special you know
chasing fallout funnel clouds
trampling shallow excavations

your metamorphosis
is a time bomb
the smiles disappear, the humor is gone
couldn't stop
the balance of power
the shifting prideful strides

this is where is all comes down
machete'd pedestals
watching your pieces fall.

--

hurry up and wait for me
we meet where news travels fast
i've mastered your mantelpiece
you're only showing me off

your words struck a winter chord
bloodlines withered and snapped
apart from you for too many days
you're only trying me on

we raise a glass of slow relief
you aren't the ocean nor i the reef
the hour wanes and droplets stain
i'm only keeping you down.

hurry. hurry up and wait.