I try
I really do

I try to stay calm
But sometimes I panic
I try to be happy
But sometimes I cry
I try not to be annoying
But that’s just who I am
I try
I really do

I try not to break down
But I can already feel the cracks
I try to stay strong
But sometimes I’m weak
I try to be who I am
But I don’t know who that is
I try
I really do

I try to be loving
I try to be nice
With all my heart I try
But sometimes
I can’t keep up
Can’t keep up with life
With friends or family
I try
I really do
But sometimes
I can’t keep up the charade

Frozen falling freezing flakes
A land of over 10,000 lakes
Blanketed with fresh white snow
I wonder where the wind will blow
It’s so cold even the land itself shivers
Lot’s of water from the lakes and rivers
In the summer the sun blazes
In winter it’s foggy hazes
Other states might feel inferior
Because we have Lake Superior
The gusts of wind as fast as light
Great clouds of snow block your sight
Whoosh goes the wind into a breeze
It’s what makes our waters freeze
I’m so glad to call this my home
If you wish you were here, you aren’t alone

Crack goes the whip
As it slashes my heart
The distance between us
Stretches too far
I can’t reach out any longer
Or I’ll start to break apart

My cries are drowned out
In the winter wind
Drowning in the traditions
Of the discipline of kin
Blood and tears fill my soul
And you have committed another sin

The hollow whispers
Of sweet nothings
Create a mirage
For the shouts and screams
The rage and fear
The fury and wrong

Crack goes the whip
As it slashes my heart
I know every strike
I remember where they are
It repeats in my memories
As it leaves a painful scar