My Dark Soul

Hush little baby

Hush little baby
don't you cry
mama's going to stay alive.
She's going to
hug you
kiss you
squeeze you
love you.
Just...
she has to stay alive.

Little baby
you're so young
so volatile
so sweet
so innocent
it would be wrong
to tell you
all tht I've seen.
I've seen
terror
horror
death
destruction
and demons...
oh the demons.

Hush little baby
don't get teary eyed
mama's only got scars up her side.
Her heart is frozen
and her brain is fried
but she'll do her best
to stay alive.

Oh little baby
oh my little darling
I've  tried
oh little baby
I've tried.
But,
the cuts are deep
and
all my tears
have been cried.

Hush little darling
I know it's been years
but don't do what your mother did
don't go down that hole
don't cut those pretty little wrists
don't take those colored pills
don't give away your heart
don't fall apart
don't die.

Hush little baby
my sweet little darling
I wish this weren't true
but all my life
I've protected you
I've only I saved you
from my fate
if only
you didn't end up like me
six feet under
not yet breathing.