Submissions by scalesofascorpion

Am I alive?
Am I a ghost?
I feel so haunted.
I've been trapped in here
with skeletons
hung in my closet

Notice me.
My fingertips drip with the blood I bleed
impossibly
deep I sink into the abyss that lives inside of me
and suddenly
white lightning will shatter the atmosphere
when I blink back the tears
nobody will see me here
isolation is endless as I swallow it

Lumps in my throat
I feel the panic start to rise in my chest
nauseated
when I heave I can feel the darkness strangling me
I...

So weak
so broken
nuclear war took its toll on me
I tried to run
I thought I made it
but the bombs kept coming

Face down
in the dirt
It's so hard to crawl when you can't move
poison in my lungs
It's hard to breathe when everything you are is on fire

I watched you destroy who I was
I listened to you tell me I was nothing
I let you beat my heart

I heard everything you ever said
I saw the lies as they came out of your mouth
I let myself believe them

I don't know
how long I laid...

Why can't anybody hear me?
I'm beating on the walls
My fingernails are bloody
from scraping at the door

Why am I always losing?
Is there ever any more?
My legs are shaking as I push
myself up from the floor

Somebody
please come let me out
I know I say stupid things
I'll learn to shut my mouth

Please help me
I need him like I breathe
I'm so sorry, babe
please come back to me

Will I be trapped here forever?
In this cage inside my mind
every time I mess up
the light goes out...

Spit in my face
My eyes are on fire
Knock a hole in the wall
I'll grit my teeth tighter

Empower yourself
Shredding my dignity in vain
I'm a steel statue before you
That will never show pain

Your love is a disgrace
I feel sorry for the next
My iridium's glow
Unearthed the hole in your chest

You never took the time
To look into my mind
You hunted weakness instead
And you know that you're mine

I cleared the path until you reached the pedestal
I surrendered to you my freedom
Yet you...