There Is/There Are

a waffle
in your words
a wobble in your
eyes
a worm on your lips
an egg on your
face

episodes
where your heart
appears on your sleeve
available online

now
a consensus
and a rabble
of brooding

a thing you are not

a demand for you to be someone
you’re not

a role you were made to play

lingering doubts
and a ferocious hunger
for you
not for your blood
but for you

nothing there for them
but you’re going to give it to them
if you have to create it