The mentally sick are powerless
They said
But I see through those lies
My powers are only for me
I can find loneliness
While I'm drowning in a crowd
I can feel crushing misery
During times of great joy
I can constantly slice my paper skin
Without anyone batting an eye
I can fight my internal battles alone
Barely surviving myself
Hiding
Suffering
Still trying, though
Aren't my powers wonderful?

Laughter is like makeup
Proper use
Enables youth and joy
But just as simply
Great amounts
Cover sights for no one's eyes
Concealing a blemish
Disguising deep despair
Fake fools shall be found out
As I have already failed
Makeup run dry
Laughter deemed empty

I put him before everything
But he valued other things
I gave him everything
But he couldn't take it all at once
He was my everything
But it just pushed him away
Everything
will
be
okay
right?

When will I finally give up?
But something that is broken
Cannot break again
And yet it is repeated
Like a swirling storm in my head
So I'll keep my eyes up
To see the distant promises
Glittering in the night sky

Sometimes
I just don’t know
Sometimes
I just don’t get it
A fluid line of ink on a page
Stops abruptly near the edge
Unsure of where to continue
What to continue
Pooling into a dark stain
On a once praised piece of work

A secret treasure all hold
People search while some have found
The red thread winds unseen
As pairs of souls are bound
Limited not by time, nor place
Circumstance cannot take
For it may stretch or tangle
But never will it break
Lovers tied by a scarlet line
Listen to its call
Some miss the chance of fate
Others seek stolen strings, destined to fall
Limited not by time, nor place
Circumstance cannot take
For it may stretch or tangle
But never will it break

Tears like hounds I hold back
Alas, the chains snap
Broken as I
Cold eyes beat down
On my worthless pain
Scarlet stains mark my hands
Left by the scraping metal
They see the hounds
Those **** eyes,
Lift your gazes from me!
The very air chokes my throat
Leave be the wandering hounds
Eyes of winter
Can't you see my suffering?

In a swift-paced world
Love is but a conquest
Is it possible to slow down?
I question my mind
Silent to my own ears
Why does he make my heart pound so?
I reassure my mouth
Despite my trembling fingertips
Just laugh, it will pass like the others!
Like a young child
Naive as such
I stumble through ever-changing calamity
Drawn to you
By the tug of heartstrings
My emotions drag me down
You lift me up on angel wings
I'd freeze my flesh
And scorch it too
Just to find a day
To be with you

Help
Why do they care about me so?
My emotions fit in all the wrong spaces
By darkest, I am driven
To think bad thoughts
To say horrible words
To do terrible things
Go away
Leave me be
I can't take this
Then I'll leave
Forever
After my happiest day

Listen to the pitter patter
Paws of black padded pink
Hear the raindrops spray once again
To rest on silky fur
Taste the honey on a spiked tongue
Coating paws in bittersweet
Smell the dry sunlight whisk away sour memories
As the cat carries on
Watch the puddles catch every step
Paces always constant
Feel the blood pool beneath
The cat leaps off the path

A seed is planted.
With sunlight and proper care,
It can become something beautiful
A sprout forms
Small and weak at first, with hopes of growing stronger.
It continues to unfold it’s leaves
Gaining trust in the world
Planting roots to hold it in tough times
As another flower sprouts beside it
The new is grateful
The other is happy
…
A storm comes
Ripping other plants from the earth
Tearing apart emotions and dreams
The two support one another
Keeping each other standing in the wind
The storm ends
They are shaken and scarred
Something that can’t be erased
Days become long and dry
Bugs fly in and eat away at what is left
The once proud, young flowers are ready to give up
But
They won’t let each other
The first remembers something deep down that was once forgotten
With sunlight and proper care
It can become something beautiful
Petals unfold
The two flowers turn to the warm, welcoming sun
The promise that tomorrow will be okay
That they will face anything that comes their way

The world goes cold
My heart speeds up
The snake constricts my insides
The constant pain
My legs weak
The bird pecks at my soul
The increasing panic
My vision goes blurry
The shark rips through my thoughts
The voices drown out
My hands start shaking
The cougar claws at my flesh
The darkness draws near
My efforts are useless
The wolves consume what’s left

People come and go
There’s something they don’t know
The quiet ones who hide
Have the most pain deep inside
Terror and fear day by day
It’s not something that’ll just go away
The battle is one not many can face
So called weaker ones take that place
They suffer through day and night
They’re the only ones who can win the fight

The demons follow, of shadows and dust
Distant happiness left to rust
Telling of what could go wrong
Luring people with a broken song
They believe all of the lies
Feel the watch of non existent eyes
They suffer in silence, no help nor cry
Feeling like they will die
Everything cold, vision blurry
The demons follow, of anxiety