Laminated Glass (Watching It Crack) – Written December 1995 (Aged 20)

Laminated Glass (Watching It Crack)

i am watching my mind crack
I am watching my mind crack
like laminated glass.
The spider webs of madness
spread quick and fast.

I am watching you slowly
fall down some stairs;
no one is taking any notice,
but it doesn’t mean they don’t care —
it just means you hide your pain well,
it just means you suffer in silence;
no one hears you yell.

I’m missing my favourite person.
I am on a strange road;
it’s a hard lesson.

My favourite times are some way back;
I know the best is yet to come —
I just can’t let my mind crack.

When I am at a low ebb,
get unstuck from my madness
that spreads like a spider web.

James Garratt – December 1995

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