When I was 5 My biggest fear was fire And my biggest worry was if I had to go inside too early The outside was an endless ground for games of all sorts From war to hide and seek We would play until the sun set And the streetlights shined bright My friends lived within seconds We'd knock on one another's door multiple times Until we could all come out and play
When I was 10 My biggest fear was a person Tormenting me, screaming and striking me until I'd break I still feared fire but not because of dying Simply because i knew it might not **** me My biggest worry was having to wake up Having to live another day in that house Such a beautiful outside The perfect hand-crafted family home But that shell only hid horrific events within the fractured walls I had no friends to save my sanity Rotting from the inside out A loving, child's heart demented and torn Tattered and choked until every ounce of trust and happiness leaked out I tried to go outside again but nature could only help me for so long Before I returned to the nightmare that was my reality
When I was 15 I feared being alone My hell had no ending And my biggest worry was someone noticing the scars traced along my body It wouldn't matter if I cut too deep If blood poured out and pooled beneath me Both pain and death would solve the problem accordingly I stayed inside What was left of my imagination focused on either dying Or on running far far away My brain drowned in empty hopelessness I gave up on the world and lost faith in everything My savior appeared but not even she could **** the demons plaguing my mind
At 18 I left home My biggest fear was returning again My biggest worry was not ever being ok Because I may had left the origin of evil But it did not change what was in my head The demons followed me everywhere Stalking and striking at any hour Draining me of hope and energy Then I met my first love A beautiful girl with gorgeous sapphire eyes But she hid a dark soul beneath the beauty and I soon learned the dangers of loving your demons At first she understood me, Helped me through my addiction to the knife But as quickly as she came, she changed into someone I feared Because I knew I could never leave her She possessed my heart so tightly within her poisonous grasp Ripping it clear out of my chest I feared I would ruin something again and end up alone And one day she decided that I was no longer enough That my entire being could not suffice to satisfy her sadistic needs She drowned my heart for 6 months, Shattering it completely 2 times Before deciding to leave But that love was built on *** and deceit And though she claimed to love me The searing pain coursing through my entire body Was finally enough for me to see that she did not know how to love
Now that I'm almost 20 My biggest fear is hurting my friends and family Because I still never know when I could snap My biggest worries are not making enough Money for my life Time for my friends And love for my family The universe has sent me a precious gift Someone who knows love enough to share it with me And though I'm still broken Her beautiful heart helps mend my broken soul With love and understanding We have conquered over 7 months together But I know she could still leave This time the twisted beginning began from me I broke her heart before I knew she gave it to me And I know deep down she still resents me But I deserve it And she's worth it
Most days I know not who I am Society labels me a 'girl' But inside I know that's not me I'm nothing, A gender less, label less freak And **** it hurts so bad When they misgender me Though I'm still too afraid to correct them It's as though they twist a knife through my organs Whenever they say 'she' Who knew three letters Could bring so much pain to me Though I put the blade away, I turned to flames Burning the nicotine into my lungs Still begging not to wake up Still thinking of death every day Sometimes locking it out And others inviting it in willingly I guess Adulthood really hasn't changed a thing I work until I can't stand it But still cannot sleep The depression burns more intense some days But unlike everyone else in my life *It never truly leaves