Anger

Holding back the words until your jaw hurts
Keeping in the anger 'til your head hurts
Put on your happy face
Play nice now
Try to keep the mask in place
Deal with the situation
You have to keep the rage in
Your hands shake
With the effort to stay calm
You don't feel safe to be around
But where else can you go?
Take a step back
Pulse ticking in your head like a timer
But how do you diffuse a bomb with no wires?
Keep it together on the outside
Hide the damage
You're struggling not to scream
Trying just to breathe
But the air won't come
Something has to change

What's Mine is Mine

Nothing ever stays the same
Life goes on and feelings change
Through the grey and shifting tides
One truth remains: what's mine is mine

People that are so important
Friends and lovers near or absent
Distances of space and time
Near or far, what's mine is mine

Hold tight to all the things you cherish
Pictures fade and objects vanish
In the heart and in the mind
Both joy and pain, what's mine is mine