When no one is looking
Or when I can't feel anyone
The times I feel everything
And times numb is all I feel
I walk around in heels
Stripper heels, make-up, and music.
I look at myself
The way dogs look at steaks
Desire. Lust. Animal instincts.
Every cell, feeling more alive.
It's not painful at first
Like walking onto a frozen lake
Only when you stop do you drown
Everything becomes so horrifyingly
normal
Normal again
( with them off )
After everything,
pulled back to the routine
My body quivers and shakes
My ears ring and deafen all noises
The ground is soft
not at all how I feel
so alive
But, my energy is spent
I awake as a new woman-
to live over and over again.
An immortal life, alone.
Never ending, always just beginning.
Or when I can't feel anyone
The times I feel everything
And times numb is all I feel
I walk around in heels
Stripper heels, make-up, and music.
I look at myself
The way dogs look at steaks
Desire. Lust. Animal instincts.
Every cell, feeling more alive.
It's not painful at first
Like walking onto a frozen lake
Only when you stop do you drown
Everything becomes so horrifyingly
normal
Normal again
( with them off )
After everything,
pulled back to the routine
My body quivers and shakes
My ears ring and deafen all noises
The ground is soft
not at all how I feel
so alive
But, my energy is spent
I awake as a new woman-
to live over and over again.
An immortal life, alone.
Never ending, always just beginning.