These days I've got a fire in front of me,

It's blazing and stops me from going forward.

I've got words haunting me;

I want to escape them, I feel tortured.

Inside it consumes me;

It's wild and raging, it has me cornered.

I hate how words seem to stick to me.

I used to feel whole before but now I'm barely a quarter.

I try to focus my mind,

But this pain, it's hard to ignore and leave behind.

One hit has got everyone blind;

That one hit for them has me summed up and defined.

But I am so much more than that, worth so much more!

I see the expectation in their eyes

Goddammit, I can't take it anymore!

When my steps falter and I've got clouds in my sky,

Their faces become mocking and it's hard for me to ignore.

They only see what's on the surface, not what underlies;

I wish things would go back to the way they were before.

I'm tired of answering all the hows and whys;

However much I want, I can't deny

That when I see them analyze me to my very core,

I feel more punished than my enjoyment ever bargained for.

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