Coming Apart

It slips through my fingers like sand
in a hourglass.
Like tears falling slowly down my
face.
I'm coming apart while trying to stay
strong.

I'm coming undone like a drag queen's
corset after a long night.
Coming undone like a spool of thread.
The tears are still rolling down my
face.
Tears I shed for the loss of security.
Tears of an illusion that's ruined by
reality's bitch slap.

There is no time for more tears.
No time... yet there is always time.
I will raise from my own ashes
like the phoenix I know I am.

Still I sit here falling apart.
Days flying by...
Needing the illusion to let me sleep at
night.