Teeth gritten
Fists clenched
Same song on repeat
"I hate everything about you"
Why is life so cruel?

How many tears
Have fallen on a bathroom floor?

This place that is
Disregarded

In our darkest times
Is a private sanctuary
Where we escape to cry
And scream
And sit and stare

Away from prying eyes
And judging voices

Perhaps it is one of the few remaining
Sanctuaries that we can seek

When all hope is lost
These walls do not try
To stop our tears
Or give us advice

They do not abuse us
Or shout
Or judge
And whisper

They merely protect us
Enclosing us from the outside world
And give our minds that space
To think
Without
Any
One
Else

How many tears
Have  fallen on the bathroom floor?

An ocean.

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