I'm grasping at straws and chasing the wind

There's something inside of me,

it's clawing to get out.

I can feel it pawing at my chest

its claws digging into my soul.

I feel so caged by myself

It's almost as if I've tied these chains.

It was never my intention to fall apart

the shackles were to hold myself together

The cracks are beginning to show,

spiderwebbing throughout my hard exterior

I'm not nearly as strong as you think I am.

I'm merely human.

I need other people,

I need comfort,

I need you.

But you were never mine to have

were you?

let me free

release the claws from my heart.

You've torn off your piece,

let me keep the rest in pieces.

I need a small part of myself to call my own.

I feel like I don't know myself anymore,

I don't know what I'm hiding inside.

I'm a monster.

"I fall on my face over and over again."