I wish I was a bird
Who could fly over all others
Who's song entranced
Who was free, high out of anyone's reach

I wish I was a cat
Who could slink through the night
Who obeyed none
Who's cunning was revered by all
Who was loved and adored

I wish I was Night
Who had unchecked power
Who could strike fear in all
But offer comfort to the floundering
Who's children would never forget her

I wish I was Nothing
Who...

I can't remember the last time you smiled
I can't remember the last time you asked me how I felt
I can't remember the last time you said "I love you"
I can't remember the last time you understood
I can't remember the last time we agreed
I can't remember the last time we laughed together; truly laughed
I can't remember the last time we sat down and talked
I can't remember the last time I was good enough

All I remember is your hatred
All I remember is your scorn
All I remember is your sharp, cutting words
All I remember is that unending disappointment
All I remember is my pleas being ignored
All I remember is you telling me I'm worthless

And I remember
the day I took those pills because of you

I don't crave love
I don't crave hate
I don't crave joy
I don't crave innocence
I don't crave what makes others seem so...
human

All I crave is peace

And so, she gave herself release.
A slow gentle tear made its way down her scarred cheek and fell.
It froze midair and shattered on the frost coated Earth,
next to the still cooling corpse.
The girls rubbing her arms,
trying to coax life into her.
But there was just bleak nothing.
The tears fell faster, freezing faster,
until her eyes froze shut.

And so, the scarred, frozen, broken girl laid down
to die with her companion.
The world mourned No One
As No One became a lifeless shell.

Fear
the thick oily scent of it
the tightening of your chest,
the tensing of every muscle
as you debate fight or flight,

Hatred
the burning in your stomach
the fists curling up,
the nails cutting into your palms
as you struggle to hold back

Despair,
The hopelessness that chokes,
the knowledge that you will never escape,
the heavy weight as you try to hold your head high
the pain of being