a quiet in my head, the words are left unsaid and sting on the tip of my tongue the tears have dried and salt stains my bruised cheeks I don't want to eat I don't want to see my eyelids fall and I descend into a dark hole the looking glass into my soul, with a blood-stained lense I struggle for air, my veins are stretching ready to tear I don't even care take this pain far away, let me go to my escape I need a pause -- an extra five I'm struggling to stay alive my back lies on the cold ground I don't hear a sound