I Wish I Could Save You

I wish I could gather all of you up

All the broken and the lonely

The ones whose problems aren’t great enough to host a benefit dinner

Or a televised special.

No, the small problems.

The problems that shake the outer fringe of suburbia.

The ones that don’t look too bad

But are the worse pain I’ve endured.

I wish I could take you all

All of you living somewhere between falling apart

And stitching together a normal life.

And I would hold you.

Tell you your problems are real and valid.

Don’t let anyone tell you that the things that break you down

Aren’t actual pain, aren’t actual a big deal.

Because when its all you know

It kind of is a big deal.

And I wish I could help you.

I wish I could save you.

But first I need to save myself.