Why Would I Want to?

but why would I want to?
consider it done.
feel myself weak
needing to rest

is it wrong to want to sleep and never wake up?
can I be both here and there at the same time?
my mental words are losing coherence

I'm not anything anymore
once you give up
I will know that there is nothing for me to reach for
nothing is right

but why would I want to?
close the book
close my eyes to the world
needing escape

is it wrong to find solace in the mind's eye?
or is my mind hopelessly blind to itself?
my body is losing the glue that hinges

I cannot go on
I cannot go on
I cannot go on
I cannot go on
I cannot go on
I cannot go on

you brought me more into this fight
the fight that I had long since given up on
you stirred my emotions and made me live again
I never thought I would

if you give up
I cannot go on
I'm nothing here without a friend
a friend who knows

I remember when I could use metaphor as an escape
but now I only know sleep
I want to fight again
I want to be shown how to remember
I want to know
to live
to go on

but why would I want to?