safety

there is a place that remembers

every move, each spiralling fall

a certain longing to forget

though, there's a dirty pleasure

in the pain of it all

grating right into me,

i feel its sting, that familiar burn

yes, i know the way out,

but i take a wrong turn

escaping is something that i need to earn

i bury myself as deep as i can,

this thing is a part of me

or perhaps, even all that i am

here i can be lost

away from the world i can't stand

with my absurd sense of clarity

this is certainly no wonderland

but i know it, and it knows me

for all its faults

it will always be my safety