The Rhyme - Scratch21

Hold your breath

While you watch me fall

It’s easier to say nothing at all

I need a friend, playing pretend’s not working

These pills are useless and the shadows keep lurking

Let me go

There’s nothing left inside

To run and hide is all I know to survive

The nightmare won’t end

This life grows colder

Come wake me up when it’s all over

Some of us made it

But no one deserved it

I’m silent, I’m screaming

Sticks and stones was

The rhyme that they taught us

To fight off our monsters

To help numb the darkness

But what they forgot was

Is you don’t need to break my bones

For you to break me

The voices won’t stop

Don’t let me be alone

Please someone, I just wanna go back home

Lock the door

I’m rotting in my room

I hope tomorrow doesn’t come too soon

My tears ran dry, my heart’s suffocating

The bruises and I are slowly fading

Make it stop

There’s whispers in my head

The mirrors echo everything they’ve said

To rise and shine is so hard to do

When all the light has been taken from you

Some of us made it

But no one deserved it

I’m silent, I’m screaming

Sticks and stones was

The rhyme that they taught us

To fight off our monsters

To help numb the darkness

But what they forgot was

Is you don’t need to break my bones

For you to break me

The voices won’t stop

Don’t let me be alone

Please someone, I just wanna go back home

I remember every story they wrote on my back

Bruises like words tattooed into my skin in blue and black ink

I remember every kitchen sink surgery

Where family had to stitch me back together

I remember every happily ever that never came to pass

We didn’t go to school in fairy tales

We went to school in all the gory details of a horror story

While monsters made us victims of their comedy

We, the recipients of their punch lines

They hung insults around our necks like signs

Inviting anyone to join in

Their words were invisible ink that they tattooed upon our skin

Some of us made it

But no one deserved it

I’m silent, I’m screaming

Sticks and stones was

The rhyme that they taught us

To fight off our monsters

To help numb the darkness

But what they forgot was

Is you don’t need to break my bones

For you to break me

The voices won’t stop

Don’t let me be alone

Please someone, I just wanna go back home

I know that I’m stronger

Broken heart of a fighter

My scars remind me that I’m a survivor

This life is a tough game and I don’t wanna play it

I’m reaching for a hand

Help me make it

But it’s too much so I give up

Just please don’t hate me

My letter’s on the pillow with a kiss goodbye

I’m sorry mom but I promise that I tried