Stop Pretending

Stop pretending
Cutting short
Over the noise
I hear your voice

Slightly shaking
In your head
Looking out
For the dead

Dart your gaze
Don't you run
Out the window
Into traffic

Hit a car
Struggle free
'Please, just stop
Looking at me'

Stop pretending
Don't you run
In another
Moving truck

Stand too still
In your room
And face the fear
Of your gloom