Diving into the ocean heart first The current surrounds you Pulling you under Deeper and deeper You are drowning

Creaks in the walls Ticking of the clock Crackling fire Dad’s radio plays softly in the ba… Cats hissing as they begin their m…

Swirling, twirling dances in my he… I feel the smoothness of the liqui… Journeying through the thickness o… I stumble, laugh it off and then c… On my quest of self destruction

You are the air I breathe The breath I once lost when I was… You pulled me from a sea of depres… Breathing life into my body once m… You are my light

Walking up his driveway Heart pounding in my chest Mouth dry It’s been months since I’ve seen… I told him I needed some time

Scared to leave the house Cruel eyes staring at her every mo… Voices in her head She hears their judgement Paranoia envelops her mind

Does your mind ever wonder what it… Do you ever wonder if, given the c… You would choose never to have exi… If it meant that the world could b… Mine does

Tis a hard thing to accept yoursel… Stigma sticks to your skin like a… Judged by the world You feel alone Suffering in silence

She feels tears streaming down her… Warm against her cheek Her eyes well up, the liquid spill… Like a waterfall Trickling down her face

How do you capture in words the un… Wounded hearts once left bleeding… Have resurrected themselves and no… Yet the pain remains inside the cr… That once spilled obsession, delus…

Soft beating through my chest Thumping in my ears Now the constant drum roll stoppin… Holds myself in fear Once I swore I’d give it all away

A heart is embedded in the centre… Granting you the gift of love Breathing life into your body How ironic then that love Can also spear your heart

Turning the knob The water abruptly spurts from the… The robe adorning her Slips and glides From her body to the floor

In a sea of bitterness and jealous… Dealt her cards of fate She takes her righteousness and pu… Down a tumbling whirlwind she ride… Fighting monsters hungry

Scarred and cynical Yet cold and lonely Love can be cruel and treacherous Yet it is harder to be solitary A lover all alone