the more you shrink
the more bitter
defeat tastes
a copper tang
clinging to your tongue
breathing
in every sweet release
a clean drop
(bleeding; dreaming)
cold
another game built upon
a loss in
sanity
(they called it)
'illness'
(she's crazy)
the drop
of
a weight
clean skin
a million
miles
of
change
that follows each new rule
for every new day
bleeding away
the truth
wrapped back
in a scar-shaded
body
a mile
of flawed
skin
(crazy)
and i swear
i'll never fit
quite in.