"You'll be okay" she said

[mynewplace]

You'll be okay
She said
As she walked out the door

And I thought
Yeah, I'll be 'okay'.
I will survive,
I will live to see sixty, I bet.

But just how bad-off do you have to be
Before you're no longer 'okay'?
Perhaps if I could pine
And waste away to nothing
But skin and bones
Would that aptly portray
How empty I am inside?

Would that properly depict
How 'un-okay' I really am?

Perhaps if I could
Take up a habit
That was self-destructive
And injurious to others
Would that convey
My pain?

Why is it
Those of us
Who are good
At putting on a front
Are 'okay'
Or will be?

How is it possible that
I am surviving this life?

Comments

[jessfromva.livejournal.com]

Is that a song?

[sapphirescarlet.livejournal.com]

No. But it should be, shouldn't it? I wonder if Brent would like to work it into one. I'll have to ask him.

Surviving or Living

[roy54.livejournal.com]

If your just okay - then your surviving

If you are still, growing, learning, caring, and sharing. Then your LIVING.

I think surviving is a very bad state to be in I want to continue to LIVE for all of my life.