Ignorance is bliss

Slipping into the silence

she gazes on

taping her eyes open

to witness her world

c r u m b l e

so she can feel the pain

feel the agony of all she has done

and feel their cries as she cowers in her dark dark darker corner.

Her eyes burn

forced open to the toxic air

forced to sting like bleach eating away to her brain

forced to feel like dirty claws gripping at her tender flesh because she is dirty

she is nothing but a monster with so much blood on her hands.

The tears try and form but shy away

afraid of being consumed by the void around her,

so her eyes dry out like her will to fight.

but it's too much for her

too much to see

too much to bare

too much too much too much

so she blinks

and just like that the tears wash away the sheen of negativity

and allow her to see the beauty

of a lovers smile

and a mother's embrace

to see that their pain is not all they are

to see and not to see.

To know it's okay

to take a break from a one-sided reality.