People walking all around me
"I'm trapped"
They bump and push me
"I'm not here"
Everyone rushes as I stand
Staring
Staring at the lives and
Staring at the nothing
"I'm lonely"
And when the shakes begin
The words "Are you okay?"
Crash my world around me
The shaking doesn't stop
Even as the hand is on my shoulder
Their eyes pierce through my thoughts
Staring
Staring at me that one in the hallway
The waves pile as they repeat
"Are you okay?"
Maybe louder I did not know
I wanted to run
Fast and far away
But I could not move
My legs were stuck
I fall to the ground
And close my eyes
Darkness surrounds me
This was my escape
The noise seems louder
And I think I hear my name
The darkness keeps me alive
In there
I don't see or think
Just
Nothing
There is nothing
No rushing and walking
Or people staring there is
Nothing
The
Darkness
Is
My
Escape

-H.R.