My beautiful soul-sister

I wanted to hide you away

Pat you on the head

And lock the door

Protect you from the horror of the world

Because I know how the pain drowns you

But I forgot

To show you the beauty

Of the world

And you broke out of the cage

I lovingly locked you in

And then

You ran into the world

You got broken

Just as I feared you would

And now

Like Humpty Dumpty

No one can put you back together again

I wanted so badly

To protect you

From the world

Because I know

All too well

How bad

It can be

But that didn't work

And now you're far away from me

And you're drowning

And I can't help you

Because I'm drowning too

I get a brief breath of air

As I forget my problems

In a moment of joy

Then I remember

And I'm sucked into the abyss

Again and again

I tried to protect you

Forgot to protect myself

And now we're both broken

Drowning

The world beat us down

And all we wanted

Was to live