sucker punch

going off the rails

got enough gas and time to waste

feel you in the highway braille

steering with my eyes shut

half-awake

no one has to know

maybe if you turned the car around

just try to get home

coming down the exits to your house

sleeping in my clothes

waking from a nightmare on your couch

thought i couldn't get much lower

nowhere else to go when you come down

too tired to fight anymore

started giving in

i throw a match

cleanup like an oil spill

i'm down at the gas station all night

trying to wash it off

bathin' in the pale blue neon light

handed you a knife with the handle out

i could see you throw a sucker punch

a broken floating rib

permanent scar

a temporary fix

say it's fine

i'm not convinced

tossing a cord and i'm

holding my breath

nobody's faultless

it's anybody's guess

bury me face-down

so i can keep climbing in

help me to get out

so that i can crawl back to it