I am the problem
when the rope is too tight to cut.
I am the problem
when your doubts gnaw at you
and push you to the edge
of something bitter.
I am the problem
when you want to protect
your fractured frame
and think I’m getting in your way.
I am the problem
when you don’t want to see
a different color.
I am the problem
when you are ashamed
of your unlived years.
You are my problem
when there’s a constant war
between two parts of me,
and I can’t get out of this mess
without hurting you.
So who is going to solve us
when life looks like a city
we’ve never walked before,
and a puzzle
left unfinished
and I still don’t know
which way to go.
Mar 20
Mar 20, 2026 at 8:20 AM UTC
I am the problem
when the rope is too tight to cut.
I am the problem
when your doubts gnaw at you
and push you to the edge
of something bitter.
I am the problem
when you want to protect
your fractured frame
and think I’m getting in your way.
I am the problem
when you don’t want to see
a different color.
I am the problem
when you are ashamed
of your unlived years.
You are my problem
when there’s a constant war
between two parts of me,
and I can’t get out of this mess
without hurting you.
So who is going to solve us
when life looks like a city
we’ve never walked before,
and a puzzle
left unfinished
and I still don’t know
which way to go.
