The glass breaks
The pieces fall
One by one
Catch them all

Watch them travel
To the floor
With each touch
Grow some more

My life in
Pieces, shattered bits
Each passing day
Lose my wits

Gaze into the mirror,
its smooth and shiny glass.

See the reflection,
perfectly accurate

Watch the stone
break the surface

Stare, as you slowly
fall into pieces

Tongues of deception
Tongues of betrayal,
Blown-off by intelligence

Cause the heart
To throb and bleed
Cause heavy tears
To splatter and fall

Upon a bleeding heart.

Leap from
                 rooftop to
                                rooftop,
but don’t
               look down
                               below.
All you’ll see
                     is cement
                                    waiting
for you
           to fall
                    down.

I fall face first
                     I hit the ground
I get back up
                    Am pushed back down
I scrape my knees
                    I get all bruised
I’ve lost my strength
                     There’s nothing to lose

Every day,
I paint my face.
Trying desperately
to hide myself
from others' eyes.
Not wanting them to see
the flaws that
in reality
make me, me

I hang my feet
over the edge
I stare at my reflection

I want to let go,
but still hold on
for reasons undetected

I long to see
just who I am
my face, without deception

I need the world to see
inside of me
have my being dissected