chicken little

on days like this

i understand chicken little

i understand how you can think the sky is falling

even if it isn't

even if it is

and no one can see it

except you

on days like this

i understand the others

i understand how they didn't believe him

because maybe their sky

was perfectly fine

maybe they've never felt

like the air

was crushing the life out of them

like every breath was dangerous

on days like this

i understand addiction

i understand the pull to do something

you know you shouldn't do

because for me

it isn't drugs

or alcohol, no

i'm addicted to you

on days like this

i don't understand how i feel

i don't understand how you make me feel

i cannot figure out where you stop

and i begin

i can't find the old scars

that remind me

you're not worth it

on days like this

i try to explain

i try to show people that the sky is falling

to show them the world is crashing down around me

but all they see are acorns

because on days like this

i am chicken little

but the sky is in tact

and i am the thing falling apart.

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