One step forward, Seven steps back

Reach & pull
Reach & pull
Gasp for air
Smothered

Life sucking
Drowning
In their words
Words
Eating up the air
Eating up the space
Invading senses, thrashing
A beaten heart
Like a paparazzi
Driving to crash
Puncturing lungs

One step forward
Seven steps back
Arms flail out
Reaching for something more
Something
With meaning
Feeling
Someone who really cares
Crowds no longer safe
Retreat
Into books
Retreat
Into self

They break you up
You run away
To glue it back together
One step forward
Seven steps back
Blind sheep in a herd
Hollaring madly
& you placate
Because you are
A Good Man