Featured in the 2015 Fall Issue of Rambunctious
The Truth x4 Kristina Bell, '17 Laugh When inside I have criedcriedcriedcried Try to decide whether it's better To keep on excusing Or to swallow this pride Swim Floatfloatfloatfloat Try to decide whether I'd rather Drown in the current or Sail to misery on the deck of your boat Smile Maskmaskmaskmask Try to decide whether or not you still love me but I'm too afraid to ask Ignore Neglectneglectneglectneglect If happy people were a religion You and I wouldn't qualify as a sect Shove The truth together we'll hidehidehidehide Maybe some day soon This gnawing will subside Expect That I'll still be aroundroundroundround But all the while it is in your silence That I am beginning to drown Argue Fightfightfightfight Try to decide when we'll stop pretending That you and I are right Pretend That I feel like myselfselfselfself When really I'd just be an irrelevant little knickknack If your life were a bookshelf