trust in me

i'm not a casual
creep, if that helps.
i am professionally
possessed by an
animator's instinct
to breathe life into
sticks & stones.
i'm not dangerous.
i have tried hurting
myself, but my skin
deflects anything
sharp. have sheared
my mane every now
and then. definitely
drank my pancreas
to an early grave,
but my liver's o.k.
so maybe i'll be around
long enough to see
through the rise
& fall of some new
heralded nation.
i might be president
of that place.
with my hand
on your hand
i would swear
before the crowd
that even my darkest
daydreams are soon
ripped apart
by light.