Insignificant Actors

Counting in the am 

Restless 

Nerves dancing on the edge 

Fire breath 

Ready to gamble

Ready to accelerate anger 

Then there’s the space 

A mind having its way 

I thought I had control 

Or forgot I let go of it 

Getting lost in a still position

Watching the books sit 

A bit of dust 

A bit of emptiness 

Buried in responsibility

Heavy air 

Heavy 

Yet the turn happens

You wait 

Then it shifts 

And a smile 

Forgetting to control 

Letting them be ignorant 

Bubbles of stupidity 

Cowards with a gun 

Children brains in an adult body 

Swim in the dark 

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