I see you standing there

Looking alone and in despair

Yet you push on a little farther

Even as your heart starts to wither

Hungry and neglected

You feel you've been rejected

So you push on a little more

Wishing things were as before

Twisted and contorted

Life goes on unsorted

Yet still more you bear

Ignoring your body's tear

I hear you on the telephone

You're desperate and alone

Again you lift up that bar

Unaware that it's gone too far

I see you finally break down

In your multitude of tears you drown

You've lost all of who you are

Because you raised the bar too far