we decorate our lives

with pearls or sequins,

life stitching on quills,

beads, even vaccines

experience makes yarn,

needles sew the thread,

then, behold, a sampler,

buried when we're dead

Athena's fingers flew, a

mistress of cross-stitch,

badges sewn each day

sparkling, or just a bitch

woven into a biography,

each bauble tells a tale,

but th...

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Rip off the band-aid, get it over with
I never thought it would come to this
Clear mind, clear eyes
Walking straight, no more lies

Don't rely on me and I won't let you down
You can't count on me, I'll only let you down
Don't reach out for me, I'll only let you drown

These feelings are getting harder to fight myself
Pulling teeth to admit I need some help
It's cutting deep on the webbi...

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