Please be Patient

January 5, 2016

you will probably never know what it's like to be a victim of your own mind

a prisoner of the chemistry within your body

so, all I ask of you is please be patient

you may never feel the anxieties of catching someone's innocent glance and analyzing it to the point of insanity and insomnia

or being so worried that you will mess something up you never even try

so please, be patient

maybe you will never fear for your own being, fear the pains in your heart may one day turn into pains in your wrists or out of a fit of panic and exhaustion lock away your pills

so please, be patient

I know it must not be easy for you to see me like this

and you don't understand

but baby, I need you

so please, be patient

I need you like that first gasp of air after holding my breathe underwater

or the safety bar on a roller coaster for that first drop when it's the only thing holding me down

keeping me from falling

so please, baby, I know you deserve better but you are an addiction I can't quit

please, be patient

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