I can't help but lay here,
Trapped in my desolate mind.
Waiting and hoping for someone;
Someone out there to understand.

Someone to understand...
Sounds impossible right?
Because even when someone says,
"I understand"
There's no way,
They can know it like I know it.

This is something,
Something I must do on my own.
But people still want to help.
And I think to myself,
What if I don't want help?
I don't need it this time.
Help is a great thing,
But I need to help myself,
Do all I can do,
Before I ask someone else,
To share a burden.

Because one can never be split in two,
It's rather doubled.
Because someone else can't just,
Take the pain away.
It doesn't work like that.
No matter how much we wish it did.
Instead,
The burden is doubled;
Tripled;
Quadrupled;
Because once someone else,
Takes it on,
They not only worry about the burden,
They worry about you.
And now you're not only worrying about the burden,
You worry about them.

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This something,
This terrible thing,
I must take care of on my own.
Figure myself out on my own.
Fight this thing on my own.
Because what doesn't kill you,

Makes you stronger.