How many lies can I swallow,
While you watch me fall apart...

Brush the sweetest scent into my senses,
Break the indestructible guard in my defenses...

Please let this taste linger on my lips,
Don't ever let go of my fragile fingertips...

Constantly failing to see what's right,
Fighting with my pillow every single night...

Taking this in every step and stride,
Ignoring every time you have lied...

Right turn into another dead end,
Concerned as I lose yet another friend...

I grabbed your hand as you turned away,
As you tried to run I made you stay...

Deafening silence that kills all senses,
Peaceful dreams showing me what to feel...

This isn't right, it just won't do,
I can't write a perfect poem for you...

Pick another pastel to shade your life,
Black, white, or the silver of a knife...

How many lives can I save?
How many bodies miss the grave...

Breathe...
Life has offered you another chance...