Worst Case Scenario

You can’t just die because you want to

And you can’t fall in love again 

Because you think you need to just like you can’t not look for love

Because you’ve already tried it and fallen hard

And you can’t commit suicide

Because you thought of a brilliant way to do it

And you can’t bless unhappiness upon anyone

Without their consent

You can curl up and dry out like a shotgun wing

But you can’t decide alone what anyone else will feel

You can’t make them feel anything

If they don’t feel anything but justified

And just because you want to hurt someone

Doesn’t mean you should or would be able to

There’s no guarantee they’ll even notice

Once they’ve fallen for flattery

You can’t make them feel like you do

And you can’t not hurt because you’re tired of it

And think you can’t stand another 500 months of it

Let alone the time it takes to walk home alone

It really isn’t up to you to decide how long your pain will last

Know that it will

It will last forever

You can hold your head and cry

That’s for sure

For days

Weeks

Decades

And pain can make you want to hang the love of your life 

From rusty skyhooks

Through lips that lied they loved you

And pain can make you want to hang your best friend in a garage on fire