you were caught in those thoughts you couldn't shake
they dragged you down
and pulled you under
until you gasping for breath
gave up and let it knock
the wind out of you
yesterday
-
you were heaving
maybe even suffocating under the pressure of your own hardened feelings
couldn't figure out where you ended
or remember where you started
and you took the steps you're offered
just to slip back even farther
yesterday
-
yes, you were as weak as only you can be since
you wondered why you truly mattered
what happened when it's over
that you didn't already feel
and you searched for that something
to hold you back for just a minute
- I'm sorry, you lost it miles ago
yesterday
-
inject strength in your veins
or drown in lost needs and
-
you peeled off your never ending innocence
buried it in pieces to lose the
beauty of not knowing
the uselessness of pretending to recover
- standing under an umbrella of mirages
doesn't make a difference when it's raining
and
-
you were
weak
weak
weak
-
so let me tell you
a week with you is covered in nothing but
coherent
tomorrows turning into
nonadhesive
yesterdays