Is she you, are you her, have you heard, the tale of her...?

She has lied awake in her sorrow, in the still of the night, the still of the day,

Many a nights and many a days, only time has escaped,

She is trapped inside the same frame, she cannot break away

Emptiness has entrapped her mind

All the smiles and laughter she fakes,
The tears and screams she hides away,

Cannot heal the void inside, 
She feels forgotten, left behind

Memories of an unforgiving past,

Haunts her deep within, feeds on her fragile soul

Fear lurks in the corners of her world, now unknown

Stranger times, she has lost her mind

Voices creep out from the dark of night, whispering in her ear

She tries to cover her ears, in haste,

Though the horror never ends, not a moments escape

She wanders away in search of salvation, calm and silence, she never finds

Colors fade into black and white, 
beauty broken, twisted, and disfigured

The love she sought, has stabbed her in her broken heart, once again

Everyone who ever came has always left

All the love, all the empathy, now in vain

Betrayal chokes her virtue, as twilight turns to night and steals the light,

Stealing away the spark in her eyes,

Anger and rage rape her mind, she loses her grip,

The world keeps spinning faster and faster, round and round

Confusion, anger, pain, and sorrow,

Crush her innocence; she seeks salvation in revenge and sin,

She feels the void growing within her, ever so faster

While she drowns herself in this blackened ocean

She looks at the barren sky wide open,

Betrayal, secrets and lies shamelessly crawl about in the open

Afraid to spread her wings and fly,

She is caught in a tangled maze

Wandering only takes her to stranger lands, she cannot relate

I hope she will find again, someday,

Compassion and love, that warm her heart, in her own secret place

I hope her wounds will disappear in the sweet embrace of the light of time,

And she will run no more, and hide away

She will find the spark in her eyes,

And the smiles absent of sadness she knew as a child

She will come to life again, innocence reborn,

In her secret garden, where forever love blooms…

V.