Hush now little one, dont be scared.
It's time to be brave now
And put on the smile you've prepared
The smile on your face
Tells me something different than how you feel
Keep quiet and they'll never know the difference between what's fake and real

There is only so much you,
As a person
Can do,
To keep someone
Who doesn't want to stay.

If they have their mind set
To leave
And that trying
Won't do anything,
You can't make them stay.

Keeping them in your life
Will make things worse.
It will make them
Want to escape.
It will make them feel
Suffocated.

You can't keep someone
In your life
Who doesn't want to stay.

Her smile is like the sun;
Beautiful and radiant.
It can **** you if you get too close.

Her touch is like water;
Gentle and powerful.
It can make you feel wanted.

Her kiss is like ice;
Piercing and breathtaking.
It can freeze you in time.

Her love is like fire;
Blazing and warm.
It can make you feel alive.

I don't know what I'm doing
I don't know what I'm feeling
I don't know where I'm going
I don't know who I'm being
I'm overwhelmed,
frustrated,
I can't cope

These are the slogans
I repeat to myself
Over and over again

Oh yeah

I'm a failure too
I've lived this life
What did I do?
What do I have to
show for it?

These facts about myself
are the one thing
I'm very positive about.

I repeat these slogans
day in and day out
always wondering
what I'm so
depressed about

I bury my head in these sands

Suffocating
Smothering
choking on anxiety
in my own
advertising slogans
on my private airwaves

To complicate
matters
worse
just because we think something
doesn't make it true
that goes for
self worth too.

But

Mindfulness
stands
watching the passing cars
from a freeway overpass
like our racing thoughts
not holding on
not making them go away,
in peace
simply
letting them
be.