Sum of Us

YAY! This was my Poetry.com Editor's Choice winner in July 2007!

"Sum of Us"

Follow me to the sidewalk,
where the blood still stains the cracks
and your girlfriend was so good to you
that you have to have her back.
The sun doesn't shine on your face anymore
when you pull down those blinds,
ducking deep inside yourself
as if no one even minds.
Living, dying everyday,
a million times til it's enough;
Scrubbing my reputation raw
you said would make me tough.
Well it's another hopeless night here
where your sails never seem to reach
and i'm trapped within your mortal web,
somewhere on this bloody beach.
Twisted in my fortitude
and mangled in my dust,
it's worse than i've ever felt
and it's the sum of us.