Control

Those around you who really care
Will treat you by default
With kid gloves when things aren't quite right
To them it is a jolt

That takes them back somewhere not nice
To when your mental state
Made them think twice about your moods
Though they've been good of late

And question everything they said
Incase it triggered off
A phase for you that dragged you down
Turned a peak into a trough

And though its hard for you, I know,
to understand this strange reaction
For them they are a passenger
in a car that just lost traction

Where it will lead they've no idea
Until the crash occurs
And as a result all rationale
And all perspective blurs

They wrap you up in cotton wool
To avoid a painful ending
And all they really do achieve
Is seem very condescending

Which then will make their prophecy
Start to fulfil itself
That you were bound to slip back in
To a poor state of mental health

It's not their fault and that you know
It's all in your control
Can you avoid this painful slide
Stop digging and plug this hole?

The only person in control
Of all of this is you
And you is me, in this case at least,
And I know what I must do

Understand that the fear for me
From those who really care
Is from a most sincere place
To fail, I would not dare

I owe a debt of gratitude
For the support that I've received
When this is a distant memory
I'll be massively relieved.