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Dead End


Her body lays quietly

seeking for help

Crying helplessly

Counting her wounds

Taking a blade and 

Slitting her flesh

A refusal of food and 

No one to go to but 

the man she loves

And hoping to realize 

What kind of woman 

She's become

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