Up Close And Personal

Our Normal

I can pretend it doesn't happen.
That maybe if I tried hard enough,
I could forget.

Allowing it, saying nothing,
Would be my biggest regret.

For years and years,
I couldn't say a thing.

All I had ever wanted was normal.
Shrug it off,
Continue to sing.

Through the walls,
I hear you cry.

Every moment, too long,
Makes me want to die.

I want to save you and I.
I just don't know how.

We once were happy.
However,
This is our "now".

Trapped and controlled,
Are we.

Never to leave,
No future to see.

Broken and ruined,
Discolored skin.

All of which time will heal,
Yet I will never be the same again.