Blue Armbands

Drifted Far Away

If it weren't for the way

She talked to me

I would stay

To live and see

If I ever get to

A stable place

Of independence

Even if at my own pace

If it weren't for the things

She yelled in frustration

Suicide may not

Be such a temptation

"Why did I have

To be punished with you"

Well what am I

Supposed to do

If she hadn't told me

I'm ruining her life

Across my arms

I may not use this knife

Even though

She's calm right now

I've heard what she thinks

Of me anyhow

If I only had

A word for all of this

To relate this to something else

Something else as amiss

And the only reason

Things are different today

Is because I've drifted

Far away