82: Storm Damage

Please don’t be nice to me
Not here
Not now
I can’t speak
I barely know how to stand
Leave me be
Let me gain command.

Please don’t be nice to me
This is not the time
Or the place
I can’t keep this up much longer
I’m on borrowed time
Please let me escape.

Please don’t be nice to me
Let me leave with dignity
Let me walk tall
As I depart
Let me make it to my car
Before I fall apart.

Please don’t be nice to me
Let me go and lick my wounds
Another day
I will be grateful
But just now
It is too soon.

Please don’t be nice to me
I have nothing left to give
The tanks are empty
I am spent
That wasn’t pretty
I cannot pretend.

Please don’t be nice to me
I need to release the pain
I need to be alone
To cry and scream again.
Then I’ll come back stronger
Then I’ll know just what to do
For the moment
I am weak
and vulnerable anew.

So please don’t be nice to me
I don’t want to cry in this public place
Let me leave this room intact
With my mask still on my face.

Lady Satellite