Doing Well

Yell at me, scream at me;

Tell me what I should be;

Get mad when I don’t know;

But never show me where to go;

Push me down, a little each day;

Until I’m lost for words to say;

You say you help me but it’s not true;

Like drinking poison and thanking you;

You tripped me up and down I fell;

With no one telling me I’m doing well;

So now I tell myself every day;

Those little words you failed to say;

I’m doing well I just got to keep going;

Like a flame in the dark I’ve got to keep glowing;

I don’t need your praise or anything anymore;

Cause I was a ship lost at sea but I found the shore;

My world makes sense though it’s only to me;

But though alone, this is where I want to be;

So I’ll take the bold step from my personal cell;

As a new person now because I know I’m doing well