Coming Undone

I held it all together

With threads I couldn't name

Smiling through the fractures

Pretending I was sane

But the weight kept pulling sideways

And the seams began to tear

I whispered I was fine

But no one heard me there

I'm coming undone

Like a story with no end

Falling through the pages

I forgot how to pretend

I'm breaking in the quiet

Where no one ever sees

I'm coming undone

And it's swallowing me

I wore the mask too tightly

Till it fused into my skin

Now I don't know where I end

Or where the lie begins

I built a cage from comfort

And locked myself inside

Now every breath I take

Feels like another lie

I'm coming undone

Like a thread pulled from the seam

Falling through the madness

Of someone else's dream

I'm breaking in the stillness

Where no one ever sees

I'm coming undone

And it's swallowing me