Autonomy

How 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