Tell me you know
Just how it feels
To have your
Very livelihood
Threatened

Tell me you know
Just how it feels
To be treated
Like a criminal
For trying to survive
With what money
I have

Tell me you know
Just how it feels
To quietly panic
To go hot and clammy
At the
Long
Silences

Tell me you know
Just how it feels
To experience your
Platitudes and weak
Reassurances --
That all will be fine --
That it's
Not
All on the line

You don't
You will never
Know
Or
Understand

The depth
Of this fear
Or the fact
That you hold
My life
In your hands