Before I break

Before I break let me bend just a bit

Squeeze and tuck to make my aspirations fit

Into the life I have and the circumstances I face today

Perhaps I can then shape tomorrow in a way

That aligns more clearly with the path I have in mind

But if I break today, a better tomorrow I shall never find

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Let me just pull back before I snap

Walk away before getting caught in the trap

Of the grass being greener on the other side

That is always an illusion, I know deep inside

Let me not act on impulses that arise

From simmering anger- that would be unwise

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Let me look, and look hard before I leap

Without throwing caution to the winds let me keep

My wits around me, more than ever I need them now

So that I do not break, but just bend somehow