walls

the same
high walls
city streets
narrow avenues
shops and
alleyways
pass me by
on either side

i walk up
a dry river bed
quarreling with
people inside my head

some say
i'm ok
others say
i'm pissing my life away

my stomach burns
like an adrenaline drip
sending fumes to my chest
choking off my breath

no matter how far I go
every night, every day
these walls surround me
and i can’t get away