everyone is shattering around me
and i can't help them
SMASH SMASH SMASH
like porcelain against a baseball bat
they're fall apart
breaking into pieces
and i just
don't know
what to
do
because maybe
i'm shattering too
but please
do me a favor
shatter me
over
and over
and over
and over
and over
and over
and over
i want to shatter
for you
and for you
and you
and you
and you
and you
and you
i've been hastily glued together
or maybe they used tape
whatever it is
it's not working
and my pieces are starting to separate
but i'll stay together
for you
and you
and you
and you
and you
and you
and you
i have to stay together
i have to be one piece
i have to hold the glue bottle
and help the rest of you
i have to
i want to
i need to
don't let go
please don't leave me
please don't go
please hold on
i can't
i just can't
i can't hold on if you all let go
because while i'm holding you together
i'm holding myself together too
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This isn't that good of a poem. But whatever. It means a lot to me.
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BURN (Wattys2015?)
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