stripped birch trees still standing
autumns laughing but i won't be
when they're peeled away of their
body, used carelessly
no one wants to be in the hands of someone else
unless they trust them but those are fools
inevitably so am i
maple trees offer sap like bed time stories
fed into our laps when we would question why
all of the time
finding out nothing more than to be quiet
the best lesson in the world i'm sure
come day break, dawn falls short
of our expectations & fairy tale endings
you work to get by
until the people you say goodbye to disappear
another year
another dollar
you could take a trip
to be someone else
besides yourself
asking why
scenery changes but you're still the same
mom used to say there was promise
mom used to say there was promise
& dad used to say there was another day
she broke hers
he didn't find his own
clouds are infinite sparking our imagination
we depict faces, shapes while we laugh
laying on the grass until someone doesn't agree
revoked our right of individuality
when someone shows us their own
bought & grown
from the highest billboards
selling the cheapest shit
i can't afford
thank the good Lord for loans
if he ever gave you some credit
at least there's debit
to show you your value in numbers
like over draft
we depict faces, shapes while we laugh
the temperature is warm
i want absolute zero
nothing to count
no room to grow
to feel any less
no one wants to be in the hands of someone else
