Dissent

Don’t speak out loud, you say
Don’t write this on Facebook
Don’t say that on Twitter
What will people think?

What will people think…
Is it... important?


Is it more important than my finding a release?

Should I care what people think?

I, who have spent nearly all three decades of my existence

Trying to validate people’s opinions of me

Trying to either prove them or disprove them

Should I care what they think?


Should you care what they think?
Now they all know I’m crazy
Battling the demons in my head
Maybe there are no demons
Maybe there is no knight either


And no day

Only night

Silent.