The spilt milk soured,
it happened almost as quick
as when the glass first fell.

You looked at me
denigrating my insolence,
pitying my pathetic attempt
at being smooth.

The only thing smooth
in this room was the
milk bleeding across the floor,
like clouded glass
I could see my
horrified face
in the reflection.

All I felt was shame
unequivocal shame

I cut myself
picking up the pieces
of your already
broken heart

- Carson Hurley

My heart has gone rogue,
it runs to you
where I know
it will be safe.
*Forever
&
Always

What remained was the greatest
cover I have ever seen.
I will always know
what lies beneath
your facade,
beyond the beautiful surface
has rotted the inside
with a marred obsession
of social scrutiny.

I built a solid resilience,
a new layer of armour
to your words that
are not only sharp,
but deadly.

If only I could cope
with how you look at me.
That single fleeting glance
shatters me.

It started with a flash
then it all came at once.
A tumble of broken lives,
shattered dreams
and hopelessness.
My last moments were captured
in a fogged tundra of despair,
confronted by the screams
of my past.
I cry....
'Is this my end?'
Nothing answered,
just a cold silence
and the sinking feeling
that I had not done enough.
Who are we,
if we leave no mark behind.
We must all endeavour to stain
the world with who we once were.

When the first light
of the new day
caught your eyes,
I saw my future
brighter than ever.