A Voice

Fall apart, let someone else pick up the pieces. 

Let someone else put that puzzle back together, 

Don’t expect too much for yourself, you won’t make it.

maybe i should keep it together 

Lose your mind, you won’t need it for long. 

Someone else can be responsible for your actions, 

Don’t hold yourself to any standards, they won’t last long. 

maybe i can actually hold it together 

Say it out loud, if they leave- 

That’s on them. 

Someone else’s feelings don’t matter if it’s the truth. 

maybe i shouldn’t say that 

I hear it in my head- and it stops me. 

I learn to keep it together.