I can't tell you how bad this hurts
I can't show you inside my broken mind
I tell you with the silence
I tell you with the scars
I tell you in all the ways words cannot
I scream, but no sound emits
Banging on the glass for no one to see me
I am here
I am begging
Someone save me

Fog glazed over my mind
Darkness crept into my heart
A pit as heavy as a stone in my gut
I knew you, or I thought I did
I felt you,
I saw you
I gave you all of me
Gone are the days of ease
Torn at the seams, I am coming undone
No more threads to hold all of me together
My lover, my love, my friend
A fragile heart caught in the storm of impenetrable grief
Stricken with the loss of a person I used to know
Damaged are the things we cannot repair
Gone are the days of good and well

Here I stand, naked before you, brave and unyielding,
All the tender parts of me exposed.
Like a tree, your roots dig deep, anchoring me to you.
I lay myself at your mercy—body, mind, and spirit.
Wrapped in your arms, I quietly implore,
Please, handle me with care

Sheltered by your warm embrace
I lie with you  like I’ve died
When in fact I’ve never felt more alive
I watched as the moonlight danced upon your skin
Glistening under the starlight
I held you close,
I couldn’t help but think
The smell of you is simply intoxicating