I'm alright
I'm ok
I'm fine
because I am
completely and totally fine

we're fine
I'm fine
everything's fine
and that's the problem

cause I need to feel something other than nothing
I need to sob
I need to smile sincerely
I need to belly laugh until
my cheeks ache
and my sides hurt
until I'm crying
sobbing
uncontrollable sobbing
I need to release everything
but I'm still holding on
with fists tight, and fingers
breaking and bruised wrists
I'm still holding on
with my strong, stubbornly strong
unconscious mind
that stupid, stupid dumb mind

A/N: I can't read this poem without hearing myself singing and the strums on the guitar