Any will do

I can't consider

I can't consider your feelings.

Not when so much

Not when so much is currently at stake.

We don't have the time to tip toe around

or maybe

I don't have the strength

I don't have the strength to watch you aim down.

so if you come to me

it will hurt

but someone,

regardless of accuracy,

must be willing to point out

must be willing to point out the cracks in your wall

must be willing to point out the cracks in your wall and the chips on your armor,

because the "flood" is coming.

because the "flood" is coming. "it is always coming..."

You should know

You should know that none of us

You should know that none of us got the handbook

You should know that none of us got the handbook and every single one

You should know that none of us got the handbook and every single one is

b u r d e n e d

We've been chased into corners

We've been chased into corners forced to strip

We've been chased into corners forced to strip and to bear ourselves

We've been chased into corners forced to strip and to bear ourselves to eyes

which are unkind

But at last!

But at last! it's time you take the place

But at last! it's time you take the place and instead of erasing pain

But at last! it's time you take the place and instead of erasing pain use all that waste...

as leverage!

because any burden

is a good weight

when placed on the other side

of the lever

with which

to raise

a life