PERSON Poem by Nova Fadtke

I’m laying in an empty bathtub under the moonlight,
I hear faint music playing by Chloe,
The tub slowly fills with cotton candy.

“Love me, love me, love me?”
I look up into the void they call night,
I’m laying in an empty bathtub under the moonlight.

The stars just don’t feel right.
I could house a snake in my hair it’s so ratty,
The tub slowly fills with cotton candy.

It reaches my shoulders, it feels sandy,
It’s dragging me under and I don’t want to fight,
I’m laying in an empty bathtub under the moonlight.

Sometimes my necklace feels too tight,
I think he thinks I’m bratty,
The tub slowly fills with cotton candy.

“But don’t you think I’m funny?”
I hope the chrysalis won’t fly off in the wind like my kite,
I’m laying in an empty bathtub under the moonlight.

I see you but I’m losing my sight
In my heart we’ll plant a dandelion tree,
I’m laying in an empty bathtub under the moonlight,

And the tub is overflowing with cotton candy.