ManicWorld Magazine

Retract your arms
Put that thing away
I can’t
I don’t have time to die today
I will comply
I will receive counsel
I will be more emotionally responsible?
I know this man
I promise I’m not in danger
I love, love, love this familiar stranger
Put that thing away
I’ll manage
It’s just a little heartache
You act like it’s brain damage
I need time to think
Close the door to my box
I hear you
I heard you
But I’m ignoring your knocks
I have things to do
People to see
The orders from you white coats
Are deafening
I’m not dropping out of college
I need this degree
And I’m driving to work because they have a check for me
I believe he is honest
He said he’s faithful
I eat every crumb he drops
Because I am sadly grateful
It’s no big deal
But it is
You laid down and gave him four kids
All right already
Don’t you dare drop that sheet
I got this
I don’t need you to cover me
Wait a minute
Come back!
Save me!
He’s trying to take the life my parents gave me
I pretend life is great but I’m in a conundrum

And I can be sadly stupid
Taking advice from other dumbs dumbs
Don’t you dare cover me
Take that tag off my toe
You know nothing about this life that I know
What happened to you will never happen to me
Because he loves
He sees me
He notices me
He had a bad childhood
And it was me that misbehaved
I never knew the consequences would be grave
Someone save me
This smile is plastic
Bury me with an Emmy for being best actress
He’s my puppet master
He controls me with strings
And I don’t have opinions about anything
You know what you can do
Unzip my skin
Because anything
Would be better than the skin I’m in
I can’t take the stronghold and the restraints
But I will continue to say yes to all the things that aint
You have my permission
Go ahead
Drop the sheet
Just say you won’t forget to remember me