1
Screams in the night,
Sleeping all day.
Yelps of pain,
And cries of anger.
****** torture,
Mind disruption,
Soul disappearance
Tears in the light
Screams in the night.
2
Terror through and through,
Scared thoughts of pain.
Living in sadness,
Then despair,
Life drained.
Dark appears.
Nothing left.
All taken and blue,
Terror through and through.
Sep 20, 2018
Sep 20, 2018 at 11:33 AM UTC
1
Screams in the night,
Sleeping all day.
Yelps of pain,
And cries of anger.
****** torture,
Mind disruption,
Soul disappearance
Tears in the light
Screams in the night.
2
Terror through and through,
Scared thoughts of pain.
Living in sadness,
Then despair,
Life drained.
Dark appears.
Nothing left.
All taken and blue,
Terror through and through.
I wrote these separately, but feel now that they belong together. I spent a lot of my teen years caring for my mentally and physically ill mother. I remember being afraid to sleep because I'd get woken by her screaming in pain or mentally ill fears.
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