Miles of rocky road between us
Throngs of thorns pointing toward you
A dagger between my blades
One step forward
Two steps back

My eyes see nothing
Only black
My ears hear silence
No echoes sounding back
My hands reach through empty air
Feel naught; numb

I was broken.
Shattered
My heart in shackles
My world in shambles
Reality a nightmare
In circles I ran
No start
No end
Pinpricks of pain all over my body
Throbbing at my core

Pain turned anger
Anger made hate
Bitter I became

Cracks in my shell
You found them all
How fast I was falling
Head over heels

Countless smiles
Infinite laughs
Not nightmares, now dreams
Love alive once more

Fighting the urge to fall
Cliché as it sounds,
You tripped me, it’s true

A quick step left
You watched me drop
No arms caught me
You turned your back

Hateful words boiled up
Vile plans bubbled out
Anger simmered
Vengeance brewed

Hate.
Anger.
Vengeance.
A façade
Hiding endless hurt

First time I trust again.
First time I feel again.
First time I fall again.
All wrecked again.

Trust no more
Feel no more
Fall no more
Life motto, forevermore