Lock yourself in a pitch black room

Make sure no one can hear your screams

If people talk you listen but don't dare say a word

Take your hopes, dreams, and happiness

Lock them away in that empty space some people call a heart

Watch helplessly as those hopes, dreams, and happiness are overcome by the fear, pain, and loneliness your body now holds

Let people yell at you

Let people use you

Let people "love you"

Let people tear you down

Let people be dissapointed in the person you didn't mean to become

Let people know there is nothing wrong with you

Let people know it was just a burn not cuts

Let people see the beautiful mask you wear to cover a broken skeleton

Let people believe the fake smile you've earned

Let people wonder and guess what's wrong but never ask

Let yourself know there are no sunny days

Let yourself know there is no help

Let yourself know you're alone in this fight

Let yourself know no one cares

Let yourself know you're a monster

Let yourself know that this is why no one loves you

Let yourself know it will be like this forever

Let yourself know that your outbursts for help go nowhere

Let yourself know that you are not alive but dead on arrival