don't trip when your legs snap like pencil lead.
don't spit when your teeth fall like hail.
don't stutter when your heart skips like the beating of wings.

don't you dare.
don't give out.
don't give in.

what's your hurry?
don't give in. don't give out.
you're on your way.

don't drift when the weeks pass like saturdays.
don't whisper when you know you should yell.
don't give yourself away to the first one you love.

don't you dare.