I try to spit my heart out To the side of my bed, Double over and ***** out the memories Every time I think of you, So that every time the door opens It wipes into a bigger score, When we tried to be good to you, Remember but, we were not.
And I wonder how How do we fail so gloriously When we see the hurt As clear as the oversized neon signs, Piling over each other Over bulky building Crafted with fragile glass And sharp corners, Rusted bars colored twice.
We try to save a few But **** so many, We make wider roads "Four ******* lanes" we boast, But we tear down homes. And every time I served you I thought of your brothers We stole you from And I pray they be good But how will they Since you were gone?
And I stare at butterflies with awe But run from the worms, They make me itch and swell I cannot help, And I know, I know Why we fail so gloriously And yet try so miserably To save others. Why, did you ever see the sorrow In the sky when she pours To refill the oceans she emptied, And we dare to think We will save others To save ourselves.
And all that I remember Is that it was I who killed you.
How do I stop thinking?
The title "Why Can’t We Save Anybody?"- PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER (the movie, cannot say if it is in the book because ashamed as I am, I haven't read it).