nakedness in eternia

 
the darkness grew within
different faces show when I look in the mirror
contorting and shifting
as my personas stepped forward to save me

in my innocence, I refuged in books
inside of fairytales, I escaped the weight of the world
when I thought I would break
I hid there

when that wasn't enough
my ego splintered one became many
alter egos stepped into the light when I was afraid

a thug hard woman
a she-demon from hell
delicate as the day my inner little girl
gentle as the wind on a summer day myself

today they aren't strong enough on their own
so they unite becoming one entity
my childhood God

huddled together nursing the brokenness in me
they all pray there is a real God