I am outside myself
Disarray, disbelief
This is not happening
Watching from a distance
Looking at the stricken
Withering, empty husk
I'm no longer part of
Who are all those people
By me, holding me up

The anguish receded
Replaced by a numbness
Sorrow's anesthesia
For a sick, grieving mind
I am outside myself,
And so thankful to be
Because I could not bear
Another minute racked
I am outside myself
Kelly