BanDzzEnt

We used to say: “Home safe”,
But we didn’t have a safe home—
So we hit the streets where the wild tings roam
Eyes like a furnace, the sky for a blanket.
I poured blackness into darkness
Sludge into a pit,
Bottomless.
Self medication for an escape hatch
Anywhere is better than here
Any feeling better than this.
If you were not there
It might not make sense
Experiential, primary, carnal knowledge
The sounds of hopes and dreams being wiped out:—
The moment when adolescence
Gets snuffed out
Soft looks turn to
Hard grimaces turn to mean mugs and smiles turn to sucked teeth

Object Permanence:

The understanding that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen, heard, or touched.

“I am proud of my heart alone, it is the sole source of everything, all our strength, happiness, and misery. All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own.”

-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, The Sorrows of Young Werther.