Jess Three

Why dream of empathy, sitting on a wall, too drunk to speak, enough to raise the stakes, risk being torn, the useless dates we make, I wait for the seasons, with my crown of thorns, giving up on reason, kids run about the place, being cast forlorn, I have to act brave, don’t look at me please, like you’ve been taught, dreaming in the sea, a hand that shakes, askance at my only call, understand I conjugate, this is not really me, jellied to the core, a flower of deep tranquillity, needing more.