5-31-20 Breakables

 •breakables

one beat after another 

it bangs in my chest 

like a drum without a sound 

without a bass

without a rhythm 

i’m the only one who can feel it’s aching thunder 

like something trying to burst through the skin 

who is behind the sticks?

I really will never know 

no cymbals

no shells

but i know the feeling of this drum 

it doesn’t stop until the song ends 

and it’s only the beginning

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