Be Good

from Anhedonia by Little Arcana

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i just want to wish you well
i can see your house from
the grass in my backyard
the space between stars
becomes your absence
from where you are
i look like an anthill
and you're not wrong
you never were
you laughed so loud that it's absurd
heartily
such a relief
i miss that sound so bad it hurts

i just need to be good
but i can see my faults from
the back of your bedroom
my evil deeds
all my deceits
i wear your scarf like a crown of thorns

but i know deep down
in the darkest caverns of your anger
there's a spot for me
that's where i'll be

and that lightless space where once two anchors tied together
will never be empty, on me. on me.

i just need to get some help
i can feel my brain slowly
turning against me
that halting screech
of impending defeat
and now i hold the weight of your memory

i just need to be good
this one time

i just need to be good
why can't I?

in a desperate bid for identity
you cut your hair and dyed it aquamarine
as if that would change your feelings
or make you any more or less
a human being

and it's hard to be alive
when those you love are dead and dying
it's the painful ache of time
mulitplied
by the futility of crying

please stop crying now

i love you
even though you're crying now

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from Anhedonia, released January 2, 2018

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