The Echoes

For something so small And so damaging You sure go down smooth The sugar coating slides down my throat Into the empty abyss of my stomach Where it dissolves and gets absorbed into my bloodstream And silences all thoughts and numbs the pain My personality is not multi-faceted It is multiple people fighting for dominance I sometimes forget who I am or where I am In my own little ship Sailing across the water If I take enough ibuprofen, I don't feel pain The seas calm But the waves come Every time another mind takes over At this point I'm overdosing All of my joy and pain Belong to another I'm drifting into turbulent waters And I can't swim back to the safety of the shore I am just a little girl at heart Trapped in a mental prison The original mind I once knew Has been gone for years