whatever is needed to be said

escape

I shout, but you do not hear me

I speak, but you do not listen

I cry, but you do not care

I am lost in the void of my mind

Alone with no escape and you cannot hear my screams

You do not see my shattered parts

I hide beneath a cracking mask

But concealer hides cracks

And waterproof mascara does not run down my face

When I cry

Please, please

I'm shouting, speaking, crying for help

Where are you?

My screams are muffled into a pillow of my subconscious

Why do you not hear the pleas?

Must I save myself?

I shout, but you are deaf to my screams

I speak, but my words are not caught off my chapped lips

I cry, but you do not see my tears

You do not see the weariness in my eyes

The tattered bones beneath my dry skin

I am fading

And no one is there to hold me