The Reflection of Shadows: You Stay

The Reflection of Shadows

A collection of moments

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Here's another one of my "Written to a tune" poem/songs.

You Stay

It’s not okay.

It’s not alright.

Every thought you have is

Gripping you too tight.

It’s all too much.

There’s just no way.

There isn’t anything

 You can do or say.

So you stay.

So you die.

Oh, so slowly,

Every night.

So you lie.

So you fake.

Every moment

You’re awake.

So you stay.

You’re not the same.

You lost your way.

You lost the map that showed

The path you should take.

You’re not alive.

You barely see.

“The person living in this nightmare

 Can’t be me.”

Your heart is weak.

Your head- it spins.

You’re searching, waiting, hoping,

Wishing for the end.

You know what’s right,

Since this is wrong,

But every moment that you stay

You feel less strong.

So you stay.

So you wait.

For the moment

To escape.

So you lie.

So you dream.

Of the day

When you’ll be free.

So you stay.

What will it take?

What won’t you do?

To let yourself escape

This solitude of gloom.

How far’s too far?

How much is too much?

How many times must your heart

Break before you’re done?

What’s one more day?

What’s one more tear?

It’s all just adding up

To multiplying fear.

So you stay.

So you break.

So you crumble

In mistakes.

You won’t go.

Just not yet.

Not until you’ve given

Everything you can.

So you stay.