my heart has some dangerous neighborhoods, so beware where you try to go

[aften]

you think i dont understand
but i think i might
what it is to harness the emptiness and just ride it around
and maybe your chest is an empty shell with ribs of spiraling coral
where a perfect pearl of sadness resides
but if you ever need an ear
i could just come and press it there
and listen to the sound of the ocean inside