i don’t want pity
i want to be dead
and i don’t care who knows
she asked me to smile,
and i told her i couldn’t
because my mouth is full
of ashes and broken teeth.
everyone who i’ve been close to
has forgotten me
or abandoned me
or ignores me
has something better
or someone better
or wants more
or less
and so i sit
here, at the bottom
looking up
at all the smiling faces
and wish it would turn to ashes
so you could see what i see.
it seems everyone has someone
to hold and to hear and to help
someone who cares
someone to pick them up
and when the world ends
everyone will have someone to hold
and I’ll hold my own ashes.