PUT MY BOXES OF SAD BACK INTO MY HEAD

And Then She Said:

"Look! I don't know
how you do it! Okay?!

But I can't just
do what you do!

I can't just get up
in the morning and go
when I'm not fine! Okay!?

I don't know how you do it!
I can't just get up
and go when I'm not okay!

And I don't kno-"

And then I pulled her close and held her,
and felt bad about anything
that I had said that was bad to her.

And she said,

"Put my boxes of sad
back into my head."

And I held her for the rest of the night.

Copyright ©2008 Ashi Shadow
Written 2005 or so? On Katie. Last line was not part of the original.
Written along with IF I PRETEND IT'S NOT TRUE