Wounded

Darkness

It's everywhere 

In a child's eyes

In their minds,

Their soul

She feels most lonely,

In a crowded room

Sorrow defines her face,

But no one asks

Every morning is a struggle 

Should she get out of bed,

Or dissolve into nothing?

She looks in the mirror 

Puts on her fake smile 

And is ready for the day

People try to talk

She can't hear them

Her thoughts consuming her,

Telling her lies

Or maybe the truth 

She can't decide 

She makes it through the day

Everyone believed her

No one saw the self hate

The torture inside 

Not one person 

Nobody cares

Why should they?

She finally gets home 

She lays in her bed,

Staring at the ceiling 

With nothing but her thoughts 

Her mind is so mean 

Calling her names

Yelling at her

Hating her

She just cries

Looking at her arms,

She trembles

Blood runs down onto her hands 

She is on the bathroom floor 

Her back against the wall 

Too weak to stand

She's there for a while 

Unable to cope with her emotions 

She doesn't know how to feel 

She's lost and afraid 

Her heart is aching 

She looks in the mirror,

Growing pale 

The mirror shatters

She smiles 

And begins to cry 

Her parents are home from work 

Both in bad moods

The smallest thing sets them off

They scream at her 

Calling her names 

Tearing her apart 

She goes back to bed 

And cries a little more 

She can never catch a break 

The monsters in her mind return

"Nobody loves you!" they say

"Why are you still here?"

"I don't know." was her only response 

She didn't know

Why did she feel this way?

Was she the only one?

Maybe not 

But that didn't matter 

The monsters were right 

She decided to leave,

She never came back