Escaping - Kathryn Williams

There’s nothing in me

Do you feel it too?

Caught in a conversation

With nothing to say

My mouth is moving

Have you seen yet?

That it’s only air

Nicholas said

Don’t listen too hard

They don’t to you

It’s only air escaping

Holding it back

Behind the cage of my teeth

When can I let myself go?

Moving towards you

The air that I’ve taken

As if I want to touch you

But it’s only air

Nicholas said don’t listen too hard

They don’t to you

It’s only air escaping

You see money in notes

How do they hook to your heart

All pyrotechnics

And dancers in spotlights

Nothing is human

I can’t see any air

It’s only air escaping