Waking up and it’s too bright

My skin is numb to this sunlight

Does it have to start again?

Mindless droning on and then

Your perfect face comes bursting through

My heart soars with love for you

So much held in one so small

You have saved me from this fall

My life, my love, my perfect daughter

You’re everything I have to offer

She stared into the mirror at her beautifully painted face. Her perfect features enhanced by expertly applied makeup. The elegant dress she wore was so tight...too tight. She struggled to breath. That was all she really wanted, to be able to breath again. Was that so much to ask?

Her husband would be expecting her downstairs soon, to be the perfect hostess to their guests. His guests. After the dinner, and hours of their numblingly mindless chatter, he would almost certainly berate her for something she’d done wrong. She’d eaten too much. She hadn’t been engaged enough with their guests. She wasn’t being friendly enough. She was being too friendly...

God she just wanted to breath! In the mirror, a single black,wet streak stained the cheek of her otherwise immaculate face. She walked to her window and opened it to a burst of wonderfully fresh, crisp air. Gazing at the pavement far below her, she drew in a deep, magnificent breath.

Falling weightlessly, the wind in her hair, peace washed over her. She smiled. She was finally, truly free.

I’ll rot you from the inside out

Bring my poison to your mouth

Sip by sip you’re sinking deep

There is no pain when you’re asleep

Drink me down or swallow me whole

Just let me in, I crave your soul

Hit rock bottom,or with me you’ll stay

Death may be your only way

The wind in your hair, the sun on your skin

These pleasures you won’t feel again

Cold, gray skies; tear stained cheeks

Passing through these days and weeks

All this time that you’ve been gone

The world insisted moving on

Your love and memories we saved

Concrete stone, your name ingraved