I can't remember the words
to my own
story

The unauthorized autobiography

The cautionary fairytale

The boots that never fit

The mansion in the driveway

If you think you're not a writer you are
write or maybe
writing,
maybe

Wrong

Not to say that you are engaged
in the act of
writing,

But are rather being
written

Maybe bitten

Like a song

There is no vacancy in the waiting room

The hating room is full;

I can see through

Your consequences

Nightgown,

Your sequined ballroom

Skull

You are aware it's improv,

Right?

The dance of death from dark to

Light?

And did you know you are your own 

Cautionary fairytale?  Improvised,

Un-authorized, and

True?

"You are beautiful, and you are alone"
Nico

Don't you know

You're not alone?  I mean,

You are, 

But only on the inside.

It's nothing to be afraid of.

All the best people

Are alone inside,

With you.

The act of being will drive you

Mad,

But it isn't over

Acting if you're

Sad

©2025 Nathan Payne