Now that you know Do you feel safe hidden in plain sight? Extend the hand I thought I would follow Cum-soaked cracked concrete, the summer of the gun His voice had a short moment of echo With a promise that burrowed inside me And like an echo, it took a while to fade As he tried to guess my age Fragile worlds worldbuilding, I'll meet you there It's softer seasons fade, you'll feel it in the air And all of that feedback you have in your ear Blurs out all memory of each blurred out year Me and you won't speak again Still tell yourself I'll always be your friend Northbound, east side And did it feel safe keeping a veiled life? A living conflagration is throwing my shadow Now burned into pavement, the summer was not done Asks me softly, "What brought you to these ends?" "It gives me back a part of me I've lost" Then hands me all that I asked for Eyes cast low and says I'm worth more (I felt the sun come through the drugstore window In softer seasons, your bruises all clear And even if I change, I don't think you'd know A softer season that lasts for a year) Me and you won't speak again Still tell yourself I'll always be your friend The leaves will fall slow, unobserved And I'll be strong, I'm strong here in this world