Disenchanted Today

You wanted a fistfight, a reason, a scar. Instead you got a tour bus, a credit card, a car. The anthem you bled for got chopped for a ringtone. Now you're signing your own wristcast in a city you've never known.

Here’s a quick piece inspired by the mood of that song, written in its spirit: Disenchanted

Well, I was there on the day they sold your cause for parts — the glitter, the gallows, the well-rehearsed false starts. You stood on a coffin they painted like a throne, and sang about rebellion in a voice that wasn't your own. You wanted a fistfight, a reason, a scar

The kids in the cheap seats threw roses and glass. You caught every shard, said, "At last, at last, at last." But the road was a needle, the bus a bruised vein, and the hotel rooms whispered your real name in vain. Now you're signing your own wristcast in a

"It's not a phase," you told your mother on the phone. But the static just answered: "You're already alone."