ISO - "This is Just to Say"

ISO - "Things I Have to Tell You"

Relax Take a break Get eight hours of sleep You’ll be happier I would believe that If I were allowed to But the system never changes Pulled this way and that way We need to meet too many expectations Do your homework Pay attention Don’t fall asleep in class You need to go to college It’ll be worth it in the end But my eyes are getting heavy And we all just want some sleep But we’ll keep on working And working And working And working But work is never complete And we’ll never get any sleep But they keep on talking About the changes we need to make But we’re stuck in your system Just let us take a break And it never changes Never ever changes They won’t change it They’ll just tell us to go to sleep

ISO - Metaphor

I build my home from stick and stones, So they may break but not my bones, Yet the wind still howls in my ears

The Aquarium

Luke couldn’t help but stare at the blank expanse of skin where the woman’s eyes should have been. She didn’t seem to notice him, but none of the faceless people ever did. “He’s been out for three days now,” the faceless woman said, speaking into her phone. The sound resonated through the otherwise empty bus, despite the fact that the woman had no mouth. Luke didn’t think about it too much. The odd detail didn’t seem to stay in his mind for that long. “He should be fine,” she continued, reassuring the person on the other side of the call. “He’s in stable condition.” The woman lifted a tattooed arm to move her blond hair from her face. Chrysanthemums. Luke wasn’t sure where he recognized the flowers inked on the woman’s arm from, but as always, he couldn’t be bothered with it. The bus rumbled to stop, fluorescent lights flickering. Luke looked into the black of the night out the window. Guess this is my stop . As Luke walked pa...

Bees in my Tea

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