Skyscraper Death

Skyscrapers melted to tombstones- 

As the city saw us die-

Affection rotted when effort faded-

And there's too much of myself I've killed-

For detached eyes glued to a screen-

Instead of me

To argue was to waste breath- 

I've breathed filling into the pillows-

We layed our heads, backs promptly turned- 

Slept off my fresh resentment-

Hoping it would float away like night terrors 

Initiative became a lost art-

When comfort slithered through-

Cracks of the honeymoon phase- 

I splattered paint onto panicked canvas-

Because you got too comfortable-

With five years of my constant trying-

Five years painting your every dream

I climbed the tallest building for you-

The building of weaponized incompetence-

Then I finally saw sweet certainty-

Of the ground within my grasp-

And without a second thought of you-

I leaped from that damned skyscraper-

Solo