How I become my own empire

Of uncontested conviction

And self doubt

A kingdom as big as my crown

With walls as high as my restraint

A history of bartering away

Blank joy and inflated memories

Governed by my own sense of patience

And everything you know about being alone

With walls as high as my restraint, and

A history of bartering away

Awake in your permanent state of sleep

You are your own setting sun

And the space that's in between you

Won't feel the same as you once did