Rage

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