This Time from FAWM 2024 by Aubrey Van Gelded

this time I’ll only know
what you tell me
this time
I won’t say nothin at all

far away and
underground
you’ve got me
turned around

this time I’ll
simply close my eyes

this time it
won’t be so hard to swallow
this time I won’t be
thinking at all

there’s a stranger
in my mind
circuits busy
please standby

this time
there’s nothing sane
or familiar

and I used to be so alive
and I used to feel so optimistic
and I used to speak my mind
and I used to be so afraid of nothing

this time I’ll
dance like nobody’s watching
this time
I won’t tremble inside

out of phase and out of time
my instincts have been realigned

this time
I’ll simply close my eyes

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