Is it?

Is it bad

when you can't

remember to breathe

can't remember

why you must

stay on earth

can't think of

one good reason

to stay level

when every step

feels less and

less firmly planted

on the ground

can't keep a

whole thought before

you change to

the

next

line

when you feel

on the very

edge of losing

your last bit

of precious sanity

when you keep

repeating yourself and

can't remember where

it was going

when your only

escape fails you?

Is it ending

when swallowing and

breathing are harder

when vision is

blurring and faded

when words and

songs run together

when you are

ready to leave

when dark isn't

as dark anymore

when limbs go

numb and needily

when a can

looks like the

best way to

finish it all?

This is all

I have left

in me and

all I want

is to leave

and never have

to handle these

feelings and impulses

and pain again.

I want out

please believe me.

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