Burn

                                  You won't find me condescending 

At your closed door 

You won't hear how I feel. 

Say you've been there before 



The holiday's the hardest time 

To fill in all the blanks 

And you don't need anyone 

To show you those mistakes 



Wrap yourself up in only math 

Of our world 

Fill up the holes in 

Your full heart with details 



For all the riddles solved 

And every puzzle you complete 

Can't seem to find the pieces 

To the heart that beats 



You'll master every task 

But always by the book 

Then log it in your past with risk 

That you once took 



They left you then, 

They'll hurt you now 

Can't get too close to you 

Or you will cut them down 



And any fool can play 

I'll raise the stakes with another turn 

We risk, we roll and we burn 

At arms length you never get hit 



There's too much to gamble 

When you let someone in 

My true friend I'm spewing 

And only one more positive 



I just might spill some notable insight 

I didn't think before I purged 

So here I am attempting 

To unlock your closed door 



I wouldn't break it down 

'Cause you'd be gone for sure 

You might say something nice of me 

And send it in a card 



Or under whiskey breath 

Slur kind words at the bar 

And you're sinking me 

While you stay afloat 



In the tank you built 

We drop, we'll never learn