Can i just stay in the shadows

Can i just stay in the shadows?

The light is forcing me 

to adjust my glasses on the bridge of my nose 

to straighten my posture 

to walk in well-defined lines 

to talk in politically correct sentences 

but i want to throw away the glasses 

i don't like the weight on my cartilage tissue 

where i could see the blurred colours blending

i only see a well-formed silhouette

i don't want to sit upright

my slumpy shoulders are comfy 

my arched back sometimes carries 

the weight of the world 

better than its perpendicular counterpart 

i don't want to walk with my feet aligned to some imaginary conformity 

i want to trip and stumble

and fall and crawl 

and trace the old scar lines 

leading up to the new wound 

i'm a little tired of sounding smart

can i just fumble for a while

take the words on a rollercoaster ride?

they're tired of the style 

so when you enter the room 

and reach for the light 

i ask you without explaining in so many words 

my voice echoes 

can i just stay in the shadows?

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