While the world welcomes the new day,
I welcome the tears that keep me awake,
Through the silent hours of the night,
As nightmares whisper in my mind,
I feel the pain in my skin,
I feel the claws of darkness holding down my limbs,
As monsters fill my lungs with fear.

Choking on words I could never say,
I struggle in the embrace of my demons,
Reaching out for the holy light,
False hope to keep the tremors alive,
Call it ambrosia and force me to swallow your lies,
Making me hate every cell that makes me,
So that when I look in the mirror,
All I can do is scream and cry,
Resembling everything from which I've been trying to hide.

Expose all my flaws,
Until my own existence becomes a mistake,
Written in each scar,
A story muffled by silent screams,
I'll beg for help,
I'll beg to be saved,
While you walk all over me,
And shame me for crying.

When I finally fall and shatter,
Everything that made me slowly dying,
Question my actions,
Question my need to hide away,
And then wonder why I never asked for help,
When your hand was outstretched all along,
But it was just never for my taking.