Have A Happy Ending Since It's What You've Always Wanted

The fire that's burning
lit a fuse.
Did it burn when you
Got caught up in its chokehold?

This beating heart slowed to a stop.
Did time fly by
or did you bother to notice?

Wind in your hair.
Sand in your toes.
So willingly oblivious,
yet everyone knows.

Join a band
Join an army
Join a program
Join a race.
Barbie is seeking recruits
But it looks like your
on systematic shutdown.

Does acting make you feel accomplished?
No..
I watched you die
A little inside
each time the critics picked
up their pens.

Go and have a vain affair.
Smack me around.
Brush yourself off.
skip down the cobblestone
trip up on these lies all your own.

Let's just go and call it even.

As you drown in your whirlpool
Swimming with regret
Seek refuge in my face
and look how
I just watched
and smiled.