A fire kindles in my skull
Slowly, it burns through the bone
Rages behind my eyes
Hot water abounds
Waves I try desperately to calm
But slash after slash
Pierces my heart
I want it gone but
The hot waves swell, and flood
Me
No longer can I suppress the tears
Streaming out of my stinging sockets
I try over and over
As my thoughts drop my taming hand
And compete with each other in shaking up my mind
I wished for a little light to brighten my darkness
But it must have been more than my due share
So all that is left for me are bites
No is all I get to hear
Snarls and stern glares
All that I receive
Why
What about
My desires
Do they mean
Nothing at all?
It ignites my head
The flames, they spread
And spread
I think “no, don’t” but
All the same I do
Feel wronged
And loath to though I am, I let the water drip
Then I wipe, wipe, wipe
What if someone sees?
What will I say?
Always I need to
Have an explanation ready
If I saved the world
Would they bat an eye?
Nonetheless I would remain a bird caged
With broken wings, unable to fly
Without a core so I cannot feel
But that is how they perceive me
In truth, a heart I do have
I am more than a mere shell
Do I look so dead that you forgot
That I am quite alive?
Whilst others show it openly
I rather hide
I hide so well that no one knows
How much I cry
With silent sobs
And tattered tears
They must not see
For never would they understand
They merely know to mock
And I merely know to veil
Myself in shadows and
A face expressionless