How did 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