She says she tripped
She always says she did
Down the stairs
Knocked her head against the door
Even when we call her bluff
She sticks to the story.
It's the only way she knows
To cope with the pain
He hits her everyday
It's sad to watch her cry.

She thinks it's too late
No one can ever help
Not strong enough to testify
Besides who would believe?
an upstanding citizen to be a wifebeater?
He threatens to take away
The little ones if she ever tells
She cowers in a corner
Fearing for her life.
She loves her kids.

He's got her brainwashed
that he dragged her out of hell
She should be grateful
no one ever will love her.
She believes him
No sense of self worth
She thinks she is lucky
She must defend him
He only wants to make her
Happy as can be.
And so she lies everyday.

Am afraid of the dark
I guess it's the monsters
That peer in the dark
And ****** the innocence
Of the waking souls.
I don't want to sleep
Because I don't want to dream
The haunted vicious kind
Running from something
I can't even see
Feeling it gaining on me
Losing options to escape
From the snaring beast
I want a fear free night
From beasts and nightmares
All I want is light in the dark.

I want to believe this badly
That you are meant for me
But each time I see you
You seem more out of my league
A charming prince in a castle
To my isolated tower
Am a little girl in deep waters
Waiting for you to help me out
One day I might get you
And then it will be alright.

When you call my name
It's an echo of longing
You want me closer
you need to feel me.
Maybe it gets better,or not
I just want to feel needed
In the throes of your passion.
lose your mind with me.

I can make you beg
For more of this
You know you want it
It will always be
Stronger than before
you want to breathe me
I intoxicate your senses
just inhale and am yours.

It's 12 am
I can't sleep
I would rather be outside
in the nice cold air
Watching the stars
Cuddling with you.
The shivers from your kisses
Would eclipse those from cold
You would ask me to stay
I would love being up all night.

We go back and forth
Traveling the same paths
Visiting conversations already had
Looking for another ending
different interpretations
Seeing things from a fresh view
Maybe we will discover
A way to dance round this
Find peace among shards
Maybe there is love
Or we are holding on too long.