Brain Slice 2

Get my feelings
Onto paper
Let me write them
So I feel better
Don’t forget them
And don’t dwell
Getting better
Feeling swell

Irritation building up
Don’t get angry
Don’t blow up
Understanding
Is hard to come by
So quit your jabbing
And just shut up

Emotions running high
Strung out on a rail
Hanging out to dry
Hanging out to die

Feeling sick
Want some chai
Oh chai sounds good
Something cold
To slide down my throat
Chilling my lungs
Calming my nerves
Shivering slightly
More awake now
Then ever before
But deathly tired
Should go to sleep now

But it hurts
And it stings
And it burns
And so all I do is sing
And grin
And bear it
Because that’s what I do
I grin and bear it
And it bears down on me
Grinding me into the ground
A perfect imperfection
For the world to see

The oddly serene girl
For all that happens in her life
She still smiles
She still laughs
And when it catches up to her
She still cries
And she can’t sleep
But she pulls through
Because she knows she’s strong
She’s done it before

And all life is
Is history repeating itself
Over and over
To your enjoyment
For your employment

Human nature is here to stay
To worry
To fret
To frown
To cry
To feel
To fall
To rise
And consol

But sing
I must sing
I must keep my head
In one whole piece
It feels like it
Wants to become two
But I can’t let it
I have to stay true