Mouse On My Thread

"You're a strong woman,"
She told me
"You're handling it better than I would,"
He said.

I want to die,
I told her
I feel like I've been laid wide open,
I whisper to him.

"You're stronger than that,"
She told me
"Hang in there,"
He begged.

They don't understand
That the rope I am clinging to
Is unravelling above my head
I'm hanging by a single thread
And there's a mouse above my head
Pulling on that final thread.

As I try to pull myself higher
The thread is getting weaker...

...And damn it, I don't know how to repair the rope!