Let’s look at the shit nobody talks about,
Like the razored sharp edges on your skin,
The scars, the burns, the bruises
The evidence of where you’ve been.
Let’s talk about the nightmares
That keep you awake
And the demons in your head
That you can never shake.
Let’s scream out the anger
That you’ve never gotten over
That’s become your lifeline
Where you’re suspended forever.
Let’s scutinize the pain
You didn’t quite deserve
But you grasp it like a treasure
As if it’s a trophy well earned.
Let’s hear all those thoughts
That you keep to yourself
The dirty little secrets
You guard so well.
Let’s feel the torment
That you keep inside
That nobody see’s
Because you learned how to hide.
Let’s shelter the truth
You can’t let others see
Convincing yourself that
“They’ve no right to me”.
Let’s splay open the emptiness
The hollowness you keep
All the reasons why
Everybody stays at arms length.
Let’s talk about your fear
Vulnerability you won’t allow
How the words “love” & “happiness”
Are mythical to you now.
Let’s disclose why you fight
To maintain the peace you’ve found
For one day they’ll all wonder
Why you never made a sound.
