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

13: Vulnerable

Love me, soothe me.
Take away my fears.
Move me, soothe me.
Kiss away my tears.

Hold me, soothe me.
Walk along the sand.
Hold me tight.
Steady my hand.
I am vulnerable tonight.

Guide me, soothe me.
Melt away my nerves.
Hold my gaze.
Greet my soul.
Let me see who you are at last.

Lady Satellite