RELEASE ME

Release me

From the prison,

I’ve created,

I wasn’t forced to participate

I entered of my own free will,

But little did I know,

How my life would go

I’ve been stumbling uphill,

Unable to find self-control,

I swallow poison,

And I know,

I’m slowly killing myself,

There’s no one to blame,

I look in the mirror,

I am ashamed of my reflection,

I want to explain,

Everything I’ve done,

My every wrong,

I need to tell someone,

But no one cares,

They’re too scared,

I will outburst and swear,

Here I am,

At the doctors,

Filling out a questionnaire,

My last hope,

Such despair,

Asking for help,

Release me,

Please.

Touch

I miss the excitement,

I miss having arms around me,

As our laughs twirl through the air,

I miss the way a touch can speak, when words aren’t

enough

How hands become artists,

painting my body,

From head to toe,

Caressing my face,

Tracing my spine;

It made me feel alive;

But now,

I’m scared of being touched,

And not because their touch hurt,

But because of how much it hurts,

When their touch stops.