it crawls through the cracks and it seeps in between it sows itself up and it roots itself deep gnaws at you incessantly binds with you, becomes your belief an echo that’s cursed to repeat an echo that’s cursed to repeat you try, but you can’t create when you speak you reverberate remarkably you even ache with a sense of symmetry quietly you seethe, you boil, blister quietly you sway, spill over the lip how quickly you cave in to the weight how a little sand and dirt can fill the cracks of the walls of the letters of your name quietly you seethe, you boil, blister quietly you sway, spill over the lip you flare up, you grit your teeth you ball your fists your blind rage, it comes to you at night in fits you swing your arms, curse the day you were born you drip with venom, but your words are well-worn you throw yourself into your cause, so much that it strips you bare you strike the earth with all your force, yet you leave no mark you throw yourself into your cause, so much that it strips you bare you strike the earth with all your force, so it strikes you back i’ll commit you to the depths of memory i’ll remember you if you’ll remember me i’ll store you safe, lock you away, and swallow the key i’ll remember you if you’ll remember me