Survival

Welcome to

Greyed out skies

I can feel it from here

Behind the closed windows

Hazy and vacant and

I just wanted to see the stars

Go out for coffee

But the world is burning 

And I can’t think about it

Cuz it breaks my heart

That somewhere else it’s

Someones home

Backyard forest ablaze

That nothing is alright

Except when I switch off my brain 

Til I can’t see clearly there either

And the only thing

That clears the haze is

Iced tea and 

Cafes at night and

Starlight

And I feel broken for saying it

Like another life is suffering

Because I have to look away

But I would be broken if I

Kept looking

And someone is always suffering

I can’t save all of them

Or anyone

Breaks my goddamn heart but

I can only save myself