My Least Favorite TV Show

Once I became an adult
I never looked back
Goodbye to my mom
Good riddance to my dad
Realization was never easy
So I know this show too well

The ice cream melts as we walk
You look me in the eye and you tell me
Everything I thought about at seventeen
And I've seen this show before


A glass of water can't put out a fire
But I should of had buckets ready
When I had never stomped out the ashes
I watch as the TV plays my life again
With a new main character I want to save

How can I help you face what I can't look at
What I have to coat with sugar
Until my teeth fall out
What strength can I offer you
When I'm nothing but bone marrow

You were hospitalized just like me
The same place, the same reason
And even then I couldn't stand
To turn this TV show off
I never found the remote
Or the control

You will continue to play out my life
And I will continue to only be of use
When the lights are off and the show ends
Maybe acting just runs in our family

I'm sorry, sister