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Hell must be empty.
I remember the confession,
And the dress I wore that day,
I will not forget the silence,
That sound never goes away,
I sat clothed in the bathtub,
Elbows to my knees,
As I watched the running water,
And told myself to breathe,
In that terrifying hour,
As I heard you go to bed,
I tried to comprehend,
All the words that you had said,
How easy you watched my tears fall,
And never even flinched,
It was constant fear I lived in,
Each time your fists were clinched,
My scars remind me every day,
Of something you made clear,
Hell must be empty,
Because the devils are all here.
Accompanied Loneliness
See me.
Unnoticed, alone,
drowning in a sea of faces,
adrift on my own.
A crowded bus
where eyes never meet,
but if your gaze meets mine
what would you see?
You know not the trials I’ve endured,
but would you see a life
comparable to yours?
Would you say anything?
We part ways and so we never meet,
like the wind and autumn leaves.
Your eyes shone with aknowledgement,
but
did you really see me?
Unrefrained
Her, lain slain.
Her, with silver pouring from her veins.
Diced.
Sliced.
Constrained.
Her, somehow picturesque restless,
though, this infinite sleep she does not feign.
Lungs, breathless.
Water, surrounding.
Porcelain, stained.
Eyes, vacant yet arcane.
Sound, unresounding.
Heart, not responding.
Skin, wet just like the rain.
I Choose
I make the same mistakes
Over, and over, and over
I fall for the same tricks
Again and again
My once whole heart
Is now a shattered piece of soul
I think to myself
"This time it's real"
Every time it ends the same
Crying myself to sleep
And you having no idea
The pain you have caused
You always pick something over me
Now it's my turn
I choose to move on with my life
I choose to find my own happiness
I choose to no longer focus on you
I finally made a choice