Staying Safe

With sadness she resigned herself
To how things had to be,
They couldn’t be another way,
She couldn’t be let free.
They couldn’t trust her with herself,
She hurt too much inside
And when that hurt played out in acts
That left nowhere to hide,
It hurt all those around her,
Which was not the plan at all,
So she let them make decisions
So she wouldn’t trip and fall.
She hoped she’d feel better soon,
Sun blinking through the rain;
She hoped she could be trusted
Not to jump beneath a train.
Although she wished it wasn’t so
For now life was too hard,
So she gave the keys to those she knew
Would not, her life, discard.