I can't always breathe easy
With this weight on my mind
(Some things only make any sense
When you don't think about them)
Wake up, wash up, cough up bad dreams
Let sink drain morning migraine
Keep the blood flowing one breath
At a time one breath at a
Time out I'm not sure if I can—
One breath at a time

I can't always cry all the way
Sobs stop short at single streaks
Refuse inciting incident
(Recollection encourages action
So don't let it happen)
Try to think about what's right
To think about, and failing that
Fail to find closure for now
Hope not for next time, but
Failing that, maybe next time

I can't always feel everything
Maybe I just feel too much that
I get overwhelmed and shrink and
Suddenly not responding
(I hope you'll wait a bit
I'm just not sure how long)
These moments spent waiting
For the right words or rather
The wrong situtation to pass
Sometimes it's hard to emote

I'm trying to enjoy being alive
Over the sound of unrelenting static
Wondering why we're all so broken
And how long it's been this way
Finding, with some help, what will
And will not continue, what comes
After the fact however matter-of-factly
Will be better though it might be bitter
But only at first
(But only at first)