Don't Lose Your Head

<p><strong>I was standing</strong></p><p><strong>(You were there)</strong></p><p><strong>Then I fell down</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>there was no reason</strong></p><p><strong>to have fallen</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>except there was</strong></p><p><strong>a snap</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>I broke my leg</strong></p><p><strong>I was standing</strong></p><p><strong>then I fell</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>no one could fathom</strong></p><p><strong>how taking one step</strong></p><p><strong>could shatter me into pieces</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>(don't lose your head</strong></p><p><strong>it is ok if you die)</strong></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong>the doctor said I would break</strong></p><p><strong>bones the rest of my life</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>17 so far</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>I might never forgive</strong></p><p><strong>a broken promise</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>(my mother said:</strong></p><p>“<strong>You never did know</strong></p><p><strong>when to shut your mouth”)</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>Like father</strong></p><p><strong>like daughter</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>my aunt told me</strong></p><p><strong>he killed himself</strong></p><p><strong>to spite me</strong></p><p> </p><p><strong>My Father was both</strong></p><p><strong>David and Goliath</strong></p>