Drowning

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I'm trapped inside this quiet hell, 
A prison where no voices dwell. 
I scream for help, but no one's near, 
Just echoes of my deepest fear. 

The world goes on, while here I break, 
Each breath a fight I cannot fake. 
I want to leave, to disappear, 
To silence all the noise I hear. 

But what would they say if they knew? 
Would they even care? Would they blame me too? 
I failed before, and now I hide, 
The shame a weight I wear inside. 

They don’t understand this hollow pain, 
My parents look at me in vain. 
They ask me what’s been going wrong, 
But never hear my silent song. 

I’m drowning here, beneath their gaze, 
Lost in this endless, lonely maze. 
Their words are soft, but walls surround, 
And in their love, I feel unbound. 

Afraid to speak, afraid to fall, 
I wonder if they'd care at all. 
If I could leave, just close my eyes, 
Would they mourn me, or just despise?

Loneliness is all I know, 
No hands to catch me as I go. 
I wander through these empty days, 
With no one there to clear the haze. 

Helpless, lost, and out of fight, 
Each day is just surviving night. 
I want to go, to end the ache, 
But fear of judgment makes me stay. 

If they could see inside my heart,
The broken pieces torn apart,
Would they still turn and turn away?
Or wish they'd listened, begged me to stay?

But here I am, alone once more,
Afraid of what the world ignores.
A fragile soul, too tired to mend
Yet terrified of how it'll end.

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