I watched myself die Played it over and over Scanned it for all the little details How did this happen When did this happen Why did this happen I saw myself fall away Saw the parts of me I loved, leave And the parts of me I hated, grow I became super human Able to shape-shift I could break, shatter and crumble And still come back together You couldn’t see the cracks But it took all of my efforts To keep from falling apart again I wept through the seams I sewed And said it was sweat and maybe it was After all I was working so hard To keep track of all the pieces I had left of me, the pieces I didn’t lose when I watched myself die