My insides Are shaking Doomsday Freedom day Fools day Is approaching I have to jump I have to leap Insanity Obesity Depression Is nipping at my toes Half of me Says this is wrong Wait, wait Time is not right Not correct But I must believe I must strengthen I make time I create opportunity Even though I know My world Is folded My timeline Twisted and turned Tweaked Into obtuse, acute, and right Triangles I try to Move them Around Shape them around Blow them out Feel them up And see If I can get A little more space A little more freedom Play the game Ignore the game Wink hard Skip long Try to focus Focus And not get board But Hold my feelings Keep them cool Like ice cubes But not Too cool Not too Distant Listen To those I know Who came before Walked so crooked Trying to make it straight Perfect Everything is perfect Everything is fine Not looking behind Never behind Feel my breath Going to fast Feel my heart beating To fast Quick Happy thought Happy thought The ogre has no effect No thought No moment In my heart My body It is gone Wiped clean With the pain Hold on To my imaginary dream So twisted Into the pain Try to separate Compartmentalize Ignore The entanglement Just to survive Live one more day Ignore The jokes Mental pain Rise above Survive above Do not die Do not go down Not like that Never like that All the confusion Obsession Of who I am What I am I don’t know I don’t understand The fascination With my destruction My frustration With the manipulation of my life The unknown Target Of my life Such an easy Simple Target Of my life I’ve always known Who I am A simple, strong, dark, bright, Woman