Fourteen to Twenty-One Days

Fourteen to twenty-one days
And I will be OK.
I will play the game,
Be what everyone wants me to be.
Expects me to be.
Quiet and Calm.
Easy.
Everyone will be pleased.
I will do what I am supposed to,
For as long as I have to.
I will leave the house again
Without feeling like my heart
May burst.
I wont cry.
In fourteen to twenty-one days
I will be OK.
I wont feel anything, again.
But everyone will feel better.
They can count on me again.
In fourteen to twenty-one days
I wont be able to feel
A thing.
Fourteen to twenty-one days
And I will be OK.
Just play the game.
Fourteen to twenty-one days
Everything is grey.
Bit of a shame.
Fourteen to twenty-one days
Hoped for another way.
Cant bear the blame.
Fourteen to twenty-one days
Shutting out the fray.
Obliterate the melee,
Extinguish the flame.
Fourteen to twenty-one days
The penalty I pay
For the benefit of others.