Submissions by Topaz

I know you’re hurting, but right now I need you to listen to me.
Listen to me! Don’t turn your head away, don’t shut me out like you always do!
You are ungrateful. Did you know that?
You keep telling me that you are all alone, that you have no one.
How dare you?
Since when did I become no one to you? Have you not noticed that I am banging my head against the wall in frustration as I see you fall apart day after day?
I want to scream! God, that’s what you make me want to do!
Every time I try to give you advice, every time I try to help you,
You just...

I am trapped.

I’m not in a cage, I’m not bound by chains, I’m just.. trapped.

I don’t know when this happened, but I know it happened right under my nose.
I was such a happy child, you know. Outgoing, smiling, and just happy in general.

I honestly don’t know what happened to that child, for it is no longer me. I’ve turned into the complete opposite of who I once was, and I don’t know what to do about it.

I am so lost, so lonely.. The thing though, is that I do in fact enjoy my own company, I prefer being alone, by myself in my room, doing what...