My voice vibrates off the empty st… echoing in the night. The glow the street lamps illumina… the brick buildings centuries old Their character leaping from the s…

An escape from the pain Someplace soft to fall When the world knocks me down And the ground is hard. Decorated by the hearts

A little boy tugs at his mothers arm while she ignores him. Tears springing to his eyes he wonders why.

My ceiling is dreary The white paint Paled from the years Flaking and peeling I stare morbidly content

Stupid Boy I wish you could have seen How much you were loved Maybe if you had known... Things could have been different

Disappointment is everywhere I lo… It is in the faces of those I adm… And shown in their actions I wish I could fix everything All the hurt feelings

Time ceases to exist Vanishing from my mind As my worries cry All the things I can’t control Throwing me back

We wrap ourselves in bubbles The numbness keeping us safe From the pain we hide from Silence filling gaping holes In our hearts as we try to forget

Night has fallen Once again Leaving me alone With my thoughts Their incessant prattle

The blank page stares back at me Mocking me with his taunting glare… The hands on the clock ticking - t… chanting, “Failure, failure, failu… My mind is frozen. I’m blank.

The radiant crescent moon illumina… Transforming the clear azure water… The gentle evening breeze sending… I stand above my reflection, watch… A stranger stares back at me, her…

I’m exhausted No fight left My lids so heavy Rocks mark my eyes No tears left

Memories flood through my head Drowning me once again Days turn to years But the suffering never ends Memories resurfacing