The Space You Take Up

Somewhere in between lazer focus

And day dream

I watch from the clouds

But don't touch anything

Somewhere in between

The space you take up and me

There's a hole in the sky

Like a crack in a screen

I'll watch you balance emptiness until it tilts

Be your own ballast

Be responsible or feel guilt

Follow internal narration

That shows you how to behave

Unremarkably and look smug all day

I'm borderline impressed

You look up

But you can't see through

Oh what a relief!

I'm the outline

Standing smug on the ground above daylight

Self-rеflection overwhelms

Ovеrhead as a fizz of flies

Heading straight towards your mouth

Past the cracks in the leaking sky

Follow internal narrations

Amount to nothing and waste

A lifetime defining what nothing is

I'm borderline obsessed

I look up but I can't see through

I want to believe

I'm the outline

Standing smug on the ground above daylight

Where the space you take up won't reach

I fill balloons with my screams

And watch them waltz with wind

Into the valley

They run out steam

Snagged and leaked

With the casings discarded

Trod into leaves

A forever-dreg

Of careless armour

Did you notice the sound?

Will it fade in wind

Die in the valley ?

Open your mouth

Make it up!

I want to believe

There's no room to breathe with the space you take up in me