Tear along the dotted line

It’s hard not to panic while drowning
Are we close enough yet?
Just not enough to trust, I guess
So should I stay away?
Since strangers will not save us
Yet only they can become friends
Isn’t the joke on us yet again?

Starving for connection until we are sick
Reach out to anyone and get tricked
Again, invite the dusk in
Where sun and horizon have kissed
The day we lost
We decided loneliness was deserved
The joke is on us yet again

Nine-eleven on my heart
Perforated to easily be torn apart
You always said there were stars
I could not see in my city
Though I've always tried
They were only satellites
Where cell phone signals died

Invite the twilight