Locked Away

Tears, screams, pain, mixed with desperate pleas for help!
Fear fills the void in the heart. Regrets for what might; should have been ring continuously around an aching brain.
Now, living these things alone; locked away so no one can see.
Insane inside, surviving life on the outside! Always the right answer, always a smile. A shell; broken and hurting on the inside, dark and alone!
Frustrated, sad, and thrown away; no one to comfort, no one to understand. A life of misery, a life of pretend! Things no one should endure, things so dark and deep none would guess they wee there.
Screams fill the brain causing pain yet again. Tears fill the void in the heart cracked beyond repair! Those regrets never far away, no escape for locked inside this broken shell regrets live.
Smile and laugh for none can know the pain and teas that fall. You know just what to say; cover the fear for inside the insanity runs wild! Make no mistake, share with no one, and trust none! Pain and suffering is all you know. Life hurts and death is unknown.
Debbie Knapp
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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Kearley Avatar
May 30, 2013 at 10:40 PM
Oh dearest Debbie...You have been gone so long! The pain these words carry. It sounds like you need a hug? I'm still here...
Knapp Avatar
June 3, 2013 at 4:35 PM
Hi Dan, Thank you, I am fine. Good to know you are there my friend. You are special and I am lucky to know you.
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