What Drives the Pain Away

She sits there cutting herself A red river pouring out She can’t stop now All she's ever known is the cold hard pain of being alone With no one to turn to, nowhere to go, the pain starts to- get to her Paralyzed with fear, she tries to figure out what to do There’s no turning back now She has nothing else to lose With emotions locked inside her- bound by chains She looks into the mirror and asks herself “why can’t they see that I’m in pain?” Eyes clouded with tears; they start to spill- over burning down her face like acid rain She just wants it to all stop; for the crippling emotional pain- to go away Her world is neither black or white, but just the dullest of grey She fakes a smile everyday But there’s always that one person who sees the pain- that lies beneath the smiles That person who helps shoulder the pain And do anything to help through the darkest hour Love is what drives the pain away