Luminescent Cellar - Cloud Rat

I give my life to strangers

And I keep it from the ones I love

Aging;

Feed the desire, just to starve the will

Stoic tolerance of a second-rate reality

Can you see me?

Let’s all be Rembrandts on an LED screen

Staging a kiss

Fluid gender dismissed

The diluted glow of twilight

Paralyzing pain in being with family

In the dark, you’re not anywhere you can hide and hide

As real as tall candles you light when you’re afraid;

Enthralling cruelty society throws at you

Like a carnival squirt gun, just as cold and embarrassing

You retreat from the light

Can you hear me?

Take up space