i know you can’t help it,

but it still hurts

when you shatter my walls

and ignore my screams.

it’s much too hard

for me to keep it in,

the way you do

with your own.

the world,

it’s been closing,

and i’ve been trying,

trying to tell you.

no matter

how much i try,

i am not you,

and i never will be.

but i only ask

for you to listen

before you bring it

crashing down.