A big part of my life is wanting to die
i think im crazy
i used to think crazy
was easy to spot
but i’ve realized that crazy
cant be seen with the naked eye
its something in our closets
something we’ve taken great care
to be able to hide
crazy lives in our chests
see i do this thing in poems
when a line gets to deep
and too personal
i switch points of view
and say words like our and we
because i dont want the paper
to know that im talking about me
crazy lives in my chest
it is all that i will ever be
i am broken
no one can fix me
im crazy because i spend my life
looking for someone who can fix me
they say insane
is doing the same thing
and expecting a different result
i tell everyone i meet that i love them
and i wait for them to say it back
im insane
because every day
im waiting for them to say it back
if i was sane
i would stop saying i love you
if i was smart
i would stop being broken
i would stop
rubbing people’s words
on my cracks
like some kind of glue
there are so many cracks
only a crazy person
would think glue could put me back together again
i am real live Humpty Dumpty
except no king
loved me enough to try
and put me back together again
im crazy because i try
to make as many people as possible
my friends,
and call the cluster ‘king’
i had a great fall
i am still breaking
only a crazy person
would call that living
i call this living
and a big part of my life
is wanting to die