caught
fighting her inner demons
she feels a shock
something quite common for her
she can't fight back
standing alone
among strangers with no backs
she's worked her fingers down to the bone
trying to get out
from under the surface
when she shouts
she becomes a burden
so she keeps clawing
hoping that one day
to come crawling out
more than half way
when she kicks
and screams
there's nothing she can fix
these images stuck in her dreams
so her young eyes close
to hide the world
her demons take a deadly dose
her eyes covered, fingers curled
screaming into her knuckles
she fights off the voices
her tears dropping into puddles
with shards of their faces
she spends her day,
a smile on her face
with nothing to say
for she has given in to darkness' embrace
