Cogwork by Nalani Proctor

The sound you make is biting,
my heart to pieces, writhing
Awake, away, the window
to fly open, the long way down.

And I know how to go through motions
but something in the cogwork won't let me progress

The burning pierce of freedom
with pokes and prods, no reason
The cage, a staged emotion
to want to go back to that down

And I know how to go through the motions
but something in the cogwork won't let me progress

forward
to the edge of my time
to the edge of my life

And I know how to go through the motions
but something in the cogwork won't let me progress

• Alternative
• acoustic
• alternative
• bedroom
• indie
• singer songwriter
• Keokuk