the problem with this girl

there are many problems
with this girl

i've taken the trouble to write a list,

watch- as she slowly unfurls

this girl; she's smacked, whacked
completely wracked,
with uncertainty

she's too sick to function,
yet too thick to say no

too tired to sleep,
too invested to let go

too proud to admit defeat,
too caught in the undertow

too unaffected to weep

too closed-off to say so 

too beaten-down to leap

too stubborn to give into the woe
 too flaky to keep- 

up this empty show...