as we fall

screwdrivers

sometimes i rattle around
my brain goes haywire
and my heart trembles

and my screws shake loose
and you are the only one with
the right screwdriver

to fix me again

it's some crazy Phillips-Head from the 80s that nobody else has.

and you put me back together with it
talk to me softly
calm me down

relax
you say

and it works,
it truly does.

but i don't get it: how are you the only one that can fix me

if you are also the only one who breaks me?