i’m in the thick of it,
bushes, bramble
i scramble
to escape, my darkness’ embrace
i see your face
as a symbol of every mistake
i’ve ever made.

i’m swallowing my pride,
asking for help, i delve
into a journey i don’t want to be public
my problems aren’t yours
my words shouldn’t lure
you into the world of make believe
it’s still a reprieve to
leave when you know
i want to stay.

so stay
away
you can cry, you can pray
for me, i don’t care
i must go through alone
i must no longer make
a person my home
it ends in tears
years and years
of doom and gloom
pictures of you
hung around my room and
another week looms with
the absence of you.