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silent songs

from on a sailboat by the smallest one

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make my way around town.
unknown faces surround.
try to fly away,
but i’m stuck to the ground,
so i keep flapping my wings.
someday i’ll leave everything.

give my thanks to the world
for giving me eyes that are blurred.
see, how could i judge
& use such hurtful words
toward something that i can’t see.
for all i know, it could be me.

but i can’t breathe
when these heavy eyes
keep drowning me.
they push & shove
‘til i give up.
& no, it doesn’t take long.
now i’m singing out silent songs.

find my teeth on the floor.
hear a knock on the door.
i wake up & look
to see my favourite books
scattered, with all pages torn.
in my doorway, a shadow with horns.

& i can’t sleep
when these demons
just won’t leave me be.
well, thinking a lot
makes room for sick thoughts.
once they get there, they don’t leave—
& fighting won’t bring on the peace.

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from on a sailboat, released October 17, 2018

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the smallest one Calgary, Alberta

my name is mason & i like to write songs about things.

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