Me, Myself, and Everybody Else

The Ties That Bind

Muzzle over my mouth

For the words you will not

Hear

Chains around my heart

For the pains you will not

Ease, and

Leash around my neck

For the way I will not

Cannot

Walk away

You pull me along

Never listening

Never caring

Yet when you turn around

You always

Always

Expect me to be there

If I left

Would you mind, or

Would you turn to the one

You always do

Do I matter as much

As him

In my own right

Or am I merely a

Replacement

For the irreplaceable

I reach for light

In this foggy darkness

Asking,

Begging for help

For guidance

Should I

Stand tall and wait

For this to pass

For friendship to bloom

Again

Or will fighting

Always be at our core

Bringing more pain

Than joy

Should I keep trying

Or merely

Cut the ties

That bind

And leave you

Forever behind