Kyle Ricks

A milestone met, another left behind
Will my future self be proud?
Will I live life to the fullest?
Sometimes the world spins

Freedom scares me
Return to simpler days
Everything is at my fingertips
a million incoherent shards of glass 

Compare the past to the present
Guidelines turned to sand 
Is my younger self proud?
Everything used to be so far

A moment formed, a moment fractured 
swept away without my consent
My eyes sting
i’m afraid to act

Numb my mind and body 
Sometimes everything comes to a crashing halt
Do I exist?

Crash and burn before the next milestone
There’s no one left to answer me
Am I an adult now?