How Many Times?

How many times can someone say something before you believe it

How many times can you lose yourself in others words

How many times can you be buried in the ground before you simply lay in the grave for them

How many times does the same knife cut

How many times does it take for that knife to dull

How many times can you say you beat them

How many times have you said if you can't beat them join them

How many times have you cried alone in rooms

How many times have you cried in a room full of people

How many times was it both

How many times have you degraded yourself to their standards

How many times have you lost yourself in their game

How many times have you been broken beyond repair

How many times has it been another who pieced you back together

How many times was giving up better than holding on

How many times have you contemplated that maybe your razor doesn't need to just shave away hair