Waterfalls and crying faces
Graveyards and empty spaces
Blurry lines and tunnel vision
The art of a self-made incision
Long sleeves and camouflage
Sunglasses and espionage
Suicidal thoughts, hopelessly
Coffee, Marijuana, and chemistry
Face down, tears unnoticed
Time and space, psychosis
Mood swings, light switch
No means no, son of a bitch
Hands tied, nonconsensual love
Self-worth, undreamed of
Razor blades, responsive
Long sleeves, guilty conscience
Words being spoken, mind racing
The things that make me
Are the things that break me
And the things that break me
Are the things that can save me
But
The shadow people, they tell me secrets
They threaten me, with every weakness
But they can’t mean it
Death to my own mind, hypocrite
Eyes tired and red, sleepless
Spending all night awake, lifeless
I can not give them, that they are seeking
For my weakness is my uniqueness
And without my uniqueness
I’ll be just like them
Faces in the mirror, future or past
Mistakes or regrets, for beauty will never last
Our one self is all we have, for immortality is unsurpassed
Dreams mix with reality
Sexuality, morality, confidentiality
They are haunting me
My dreams are replacing my memories
My thoughts are confused and my mind is shouting at me
For I’ve lost my perception on what is reality, irrationality
Puddles that I step in, drowning
Cars speed by me, heart pounding
Leave me alone but don’t ever leave me
I’ll be here forever, but I don’t want to be here at all
Please understand, this is not my doing
It is them
Showers and impulsive thoughts
Into the woods, stranded and lost
I’ve wandered too far, gone forever
Water drain, pull the lever
I’ll fall down forever
Never reaching death, but never able to fly
Falling forever
Forever unable to die
Written by: Katherine Estelle
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