Exposed

Exposed like I'm naked

exposed like I'm nude

this is agoraphobia

I don't mean to be crude

Discomfort ain't the word

discomfort ain't the name

standing naked as a jaybird

in the midst of a ball game. 

Its more like the sky 

is going to fall on your head

and if you don't take cover

you will find yourself dead

Maybe closing the curtains

and staying inside

gettin under the covers

and tryin' to hide

Will make it all better

will make it all good

will make your personal space

a safe feelin' neighborhood.

Then I'm isolated

then I'm safe on my own

but the world kept on turning

now I find I'm all alone

So out the door I must step

civilization a scary place

so everywhere I go

has to be declared "safe space".

That store has high ceilings

that one is way too large

that one is too far away

if I feel a panic charge.

This one has no restroom

in case I get sick

its a horrible way of going

its a horrible kind of trick.

So I wonder and I think

what I need to feel okay

and I realize that I have to

work this my way.

If its baby steps I need

then baby steps I'll take

if I need to say "no" 

no apologies I need make.

The forest has a canopy

so there is where I'll look

and the library is tiny

maybe I'll go read a book.

But this is my life

ain't no one else got to live it

so I'll do the best I can 

with a determined kind of spirit