Grip

Grip on hard

Harder than you thought

Before your skin is scarred

Before you buy the lot

 

You have time to yell

But no time to talk

Look like hell

Can’t even walk

 

What’s under your skin

Flowing in your blood

A simple sin

A heavy flood

 

Don’t want to come down

Just one more binge

Won’t matter if you drown

Only know the syringe

 

Your brains a mess

From pain and despair

Full of stress

You need your share

 

“Get your life together”

“Can’t you see how you’re a wreck”

All the ties you’ve severed

The bank has bounced your last check 

 

I’ll grip on hard

Harder than you thought

Although your skin is scarred

Although you’ve bought the lot

 

Reach out your hand

And grasp on to mine

You’re the one in command

I want to see you shine

  

We’ll sob and scream

Covered in a shadow

Feel like we’re tearing at the seam

Please won't you let it go?

 

I’ll be here

From beginning to end

The future isn’t clear

But I’ll always be your friend

 

It’s been a day, a month, a year

Since you’ve been flying high

Your thinking is more clear

Each day it’s still hard to deny




Rachel Wahlert