Dawn breaks when I slice through blades of grass

Impaling the Earth’s crust with my shovel’s serrated head

Ground breaks when clumps of dirt are ripped free with my words

           “No, we aren’t”

I spear the soil, again, again, again

The hole widens, yawns open to swallow me whole

           “No, we aren’t”

           “No, we aren’t”

Ultimately, I will be okay, I tell myself

Pitiful, pathetic, I fall, fall, fall

           “No, we aren’t”

           “No, we aren’t”

           “No, we aren’t”

Buried in the ground below my fortress of trust

Underground, here lies all the lies I’ve told

Roaring, the darkness devours me, destroys me

You can’t see it now, but I am home

           “No, we aren’t”

           “No, we aren’t”

           “No, we aren’t”

           “No, we aren’t”

In the depths, in the shadows, I am safe

           “No, we aren’t”

They can’t hurt me anymore, I am sheltered from them

           “No, we aren’t”