We fear what we dislike

We fear the unknown

Because we feel we need

To have control in every part of our home

We fear what challenges

Our conceptions of reality

And what brings discomfort to fantasy

Because we were only ever alone.

If I were a bubble I'd be bursting with elation

And while I'm not, you'll find me in sedation

Darkness crawls after like a forgotten slave

Death to tuck me into a hug

Like a child seeking what he craves.

Cherry sugar pops on lemon drop lips,

You wish your brain was melting to crisps

Fried and served on platters,

I'll be sure to use my table manners

When I bite into empirical fits

By old philosophers well into their days

They'll be screaming when the dark

Comes for them after dark

Eyes black as the midnight dark

As pitch as their selfish minds

And I'll be screaming for days

When I reach my maturity

When I realize that life

Was never really about me

And I'll be chasing sea stars

And twilight dawns

But I'll never find

White picket fences and smoky green lawns

Could you pick me apart from a cheering crowd,

And could you pick me apart with a voice

So loud?

And I've always wondered if cats had nine lives

And maybe if all we're born for is to laugh and cry

About the fear that spreads like the Black Plague

Never find any answers like my mother said

Lost in cosmic space reeling in 'finity

Would a life on Mars really be my sincerity

When I say that a life tight in isolation

Is worse than a life spent in sedation?