YOURSELF

Written by MONIQUE DOUCETTE

Catch yourself before the fall and hold tight.

Make yourself happy and smile for all the others to see.

Throw yourself into activities to occupy your mind.

Fake yourself out and don’t get sad.

Lose yourself in life so that death is not an option.

Fill yourself with the love that rightfully belongs to you.

Change yourself to the image others will approve of.

Mold yourself to the prescribed course directed in front of you.

Deny yourself and all the whims that may come.

Hide yourself inside yourself so no one will know.

Fear yourself and your potential for destruction.

Gag yourself from speaking what’s best left unspoken.

Try yourself to keep things alive.

Leave yourself cause yourself is a lie.

Kill yourself and see that it’s better to try.