The pain I feel keeps me alive
And keeps me from losing sanity,
Yet, I grow numb with you by my side,
Numb with every passing day
As you enter my mouth,
As essential as water for my survival.
Without you I am nothing,
But with you I lose my identity
And the pain subsides, if only
For brief reprieves from sorrow,
And who I was is present in the mirror
Looking back in shame of who
I have become. Dependent on you,
I have lost my identity but I cannot
Leave to rediscover myself
Unless I wish to find myself without life
And simply another statistic for you.
