there is nobody
who can save me

I am on my own
and I have never felt so alone

I trip and I fall,
their words worry me

but I seal my lips
and smile close lipped
because it looks pretty
and it appears brave

I try to tell them
to stop it and let me be me

but it's hard for them
because they love
to clip my wings
at every step I take

they don't want me to fly
but keep climbing the stairs

it's tiring and it's time consuming
I can't help but let the fear eat me

I am going to fall

I try my best and pave forward
but it isn't easy
like you make it out to be

I am under,
so under
these deep waters
that
I am drowning

I can't breathe
and then they talk,
say words that worry me

but I will not tell them
how they worry me
when they keep saying
I worry them

I am not going to start because I will never stop

I don't want to begin if I cannot end

in their words
do I drown
in their words
do I breathe

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©VioletEden