Swallow Me Whole

One day you get
Kicked out the door
Into a brave new world
But all the jingoistic words
Of full grown girls and boys
Were lies, and its much worse

And the day when your innocence died
The time when you lost
Your ignorant blissful, high
And the happiness you’ve always known
Is gone… and you swallow me whole
Swallow me whole

Some take the mantle
When they’re young
But not so wild
And still simple and pure
In their heart and mind
Now their surrounded by a broken cocoon

And the day when your innocence died
The time when you lost
Your ignorant blissful, high
And the happiness you’ve always known
Is gone… and you swallow me whole
Swallow me whole

You’re old now
And every day corrupts you more
You roar until the apex
Then fall down below your prime
The world you know
Is gone in a surreal flash

And the day when your innocence died
The time when you lost
Your ignorant blissful, high
And the happiness you’ve always known
Is gone… and you swallow me whole
Swallow me whole


--Matt G., 14