strung up and tuned to the key of anxiety he watches intently stayed up ruined another day of sleep he drifts off immediately and he s dreaming waiting for his heart to leave this throat back to his chest sleeve s wet with water from his brow up to the surface talked up and beat to the point of nothing he washes discretely dressed up covered from head to toe stripped down naked sleeping off the shame dreaming waiting for his heart to leave this throat back to his chest eyes wet his yawns from a lack of air in head how could i breathe with this elephant on my chest just enough to live wide eyed alive how could i think with my heart beating out of my chest i m completely wide eyed alive thought process com back to me i m practiced but out of my league i ll dress this mannequin to mirror image then quench my thirst on this salt water fountain how could i breathe wide eyed alive wide eyed alive how could i think wide eyed alive wide eyed alive