Poem: Comfortable

Comfortable by Scott Barnes
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Sometimes I just can't live inside my skin,
Can't deal with all the demons in my mind,
Unstable and uncertain
bleeding breathless in this bed,
Losing and confusing
everything I am,
I'm just desperate to escape from my head.

Let me just slip out of my mind,
and into something more comfortable,
Then I'll be ready to live again.

Weighing heavy on my mind
are all the worries of this life,
Dragging heavy on my heart
are all the pains and sins,
Seeking clarity through confusion
is not the way to go,
But it's the path I follow now and then.

Live, love, learn, and grow,
get old, get tired, and die,
I just can't do it sometimes,
Struggling with these ties,

Binds that hold me to promises,
I never said I'd keep,
Lies of hopes and dreams and misses,
Now sinking in too deep.

Hate me like I hate myself,
or love me like I'm kin,
Bring me down and break me,
or save me from this sin,

No matter what you do just don't
leave me on my own,
You can't imagine what I will do
whenever I'm alone.

By myself I'm just a step away
from leaping off the ledge,
Breaking down and giving up,
Racing quickly over the edge.

Binds that hold me to promises,
I never said I'd keep,
Lies of hopes and dreams and misses,
Now sinking in too deep.

Hate me like I hate myself,
or love me like I'm kin,
Bring me down and break me,
or save me from this sin,

Let me just slip out of my mind,
and into something more comfortable,
Then I'll be ready to live again.