I felt the mountains fall
From the weight of all the tears
That poured from your wounded soul

I heard the heavens roar
From the pain which drenched the voice
Tearing from your throat

I watched the green trees tremble
From the twisted misery
Shaking your beaten body

Simply put
I watched your once lively light
Fade into nothing

-ARI

Why must they call me weird?
Its obvious I dont belong here.
Why must I be different?
Maybe one day Ill just dissappear

My life could be so different
If I could see normally.
If only I could hear them,
Without them having to scream.

They take one look at the plastic
wrapped around my ears.
Stare at my thick glasses
And whisper so I cant hear.

-ARI

When the skies rip open
the tears start pouring
the world not knowing
what is wrong

When your heart starts breaking
your whole body aching
that's how you know
she's really gone

I can read your fears
I can hear your cries
you're down on your knees
begging to know why

Why she'd have to go
why'd he have to die
what was the reason
for ending their lives

Is this all real
or just an illusion
trapped inside my
Ever twisting mind

When the skies tear open
the tears start pouring
the whole world not knowing
what's going wrong

When your heart keeps breaking
your whole body aching
that's how you know
he's really gone

I know that you're afraid
you will forget
the color of her eyes
the laughter falling from his lips

I can hear you crying
when you think no ones around
I can see you drowning
when your standing in a crowd

When the skies burst open
the tears always pouring
the world not knowing
all that is wrong

When your hearts left hallow
your hope so shallow
that's how you know
they're really gone


-ARI

I always watched her as she smiled
And listened when she laughed

Loved when she sang out loud
And danced across the grass

I thought she was so lovely
Turns out she thought the same of me

Everything looked to be perfect
But nothings ever as it seems

Then one day I really saw her
I glimpsed the sadness in her eyes

She shared with me her stories
And I shared with her mine

-ARI

It makes me sick
Seeing young girls
Showing their friends
Shallow cuts littering their skin.

It makes me want to scream
Hearing them talking
Seeming as though
They are trying to outdo the others.

Why cant they see?
See just how seriously
Dangerous this game
They are playing truly is?

They must know
Surly they must
How terribly addicting
Such a release can be.

I remember that moment
The first time
You hold that sharp razor
Nervously floating over your skin.

That first shock
Knowing you have done
Exactly what you swore
You would never do.

First I had an overwhelming high
It was as if my heart
was slamming excitedly
Against my tender eardrums.

I was immediately caught
Stuck in a trap
I couldn't free myself from
I was so lost.

Years passed, people left
My body changed
I was older and so was everyone else
My addiction became stronger.

The blade became knives
Knives became safety pins
Those became broken glass
Eventually I didnt care what was cutting my skin.

So to all those girls
Who use self harm as a way
To get attention you need or crave
This is not a game to be played.

I swear right there
on my window pane
Was a blanket of tears
which tied to the rain
Causing damage to the wood
and cracks as a drain

-ARI

Close your mouth
open your mind
Take a step back
can you see them now?
Can you hear their cries?
Or feel the scorching pain
That's twisted behind their
Bloodshot eyes?

Theyre locked away
inside themselves
while their small bodies
Fight something cruel
we cannot see.
A real-life nightmare
of which devours
their once lively dreams.

-ARI