Of course they think I'm okay

I've only ever told them I was

How could they know the difference?

How could they possibly notice the unstable,

chaotic sea of my mind

How could they even imagine unpacking

My pretty box of lies

Why would they even try?

They all think I'm fine

Why is it that they all seem to hand-pick

the things that they hear

He always sees the worst

He awaits my fall,

crash into oblivion

I'm tiptoeing on a tightrope in the middle of the night

Barefooted,

Scared and alone

Do you ever notice how badly I want to scream?

Do you hear my cries in the dark?

Do you even care?

Probably not

To you I've already fallen far past redemption

But I need this, I need you 

I need some hope, I've lost all my own

To you I'm already gone

My blackened heart already stone

But there is a fire in me that still ignites

Dying slowly with each word

Like blades against my skin

Beating me into nothingness

And you can't hurt me anymore

I have become my worst fear

I have become nothing at all