madness is
wearing your ex’s bracelet next to the current boyfriend’s on the same wrist while fighting with your new best friend about your old one
madness is
puberty and periods and prom
madness is
four kids at bed time
madness is
the new
madness is
that good good, the kind you stayed awake for
madness is
music
madness is
getting pissy drunk on a Tuesday in preparation for the weekend so you forget about the job you hate
and somehow
my madness is
love
pure, like hunger, and the stabbing reminder that you are
