Cage Me

Ladies and gentlemen
Allow me to introduce to you
A man
Hollowed through time
Forgotten by his peers
Alone in a journey to nowhere
This man is simply me
Stuck in a grind
Imposed by societal standards
"You can't succeed without this"
But I want to travel
I want to disappear into you
Not you
You who abandoned me when I needed you most
No, not you
Instead the new you
I found someone else to be loved by
But not really
I throw around the word love so that I can feel complete
And when I lie alone at night
I can dream of a world where I'm in love
This makes me feel like loneliness is a temporary condition
That I've been stuck in for almost all of my twenty-one years of life
Irony? or Coincidence?
I'm not sure any more
You slay me to save me
Or slave me to say (to) me
Apologies formed on broken land
These promises do not set well with one so fallen
Instead I'll take your words with a grain of salt
Remember it's all my fault
And eternally collapse