Bang Bang!

I wished upon a shooting star,

Praying that it might listen to my bawl,

As it shot across the dreary blue sky,

Breaking both into beauty and delight.

I lay by the sea and yelped,

Yearning till my love emptied into the tide,

I wished upon the gods of marine and their might,

To take away the pain and free me tonight.

I walked the path with ache in my heart,

I smiled on the outside while I bled cobalt,

I hugged bodies and smoked them up,

I sat alone and tore my world inside out.

I wished for love, never for pain,

I wished for hope, never disdain,

I wished for dream, never nightmare,

I wished for life, never death’s gain.

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