i have
your other eye
but you can still see
the world in it's
glory

i have blind-
folded you
kidnapped your mind
but it's glowing
in the backseat

no matter
how much
i try to show you
the world that i know
the world that we once
knew.

optimistic
perspective
blurring the lines
seeing grey
not black or white

optimistic
rainbows exploding
explosive
your mind is a grenade

shooting out glitter
and fireworks
you're seeing things
that aren't there

friendly ghosts
you see casper
but i only see
smiling monsters.

i have failed
to keep you away
lock you up
and keep you safe

i see snakes
you see scaly friends
who're misunderstood
for how they laugh

i see demons
in disguise
you see angels
with diamond eyes

i don't understand
why you're so happy
you're so dumb
and i'm a little snappy.

optimistic
perspective
blurring the lines
seeing grey
not black or white

optimistic
rainbows exploding
explosive
your mind is a grenade

shooting out glitter
and fireworks
you're seeing things
that aren't there

friendly ghosts
you see casper
but i only see
smiling monsters.

kaleidoscope

but i only see red neighborhoods

(children playing in melted red lipstick

staining their knees in a monstrous
bloodshed)

you see stars

that got stuck to their knees

(stickers all sticky with the red licorice

that got left out in the sun

hot kool aid, dripping off my tongue)

(casper)

(smiling monster)

(casper)

(smiling monster)

(casper)

(smiling monster)

(smiling monster)

or maybe
i'm just terrified
cos i've been bruised
by casper so many times

fake friends
hypocrites
biting at my
mindset
bleeding out
on floorboards
bandage me
and hold me close-
er.

optimistic
perspective
blurring the lines
seeing grey
not black or white

optimistic
rainbows exploding
explosive
your mind is a grenade

shooting out glitter
and fireworks
you're seeing things
that aren't there

friendly ghosts
you taught me
to see casper
but i can still see
smiling monsters
on the side.