Hidden Darkness

Better places

I don't understand.

I try to make them proud

But now all I want

Is to scream out loud.

I do my best to make

Them happy

But I fail so badly.

They don't understand.

I see them argue

In each others faces

And all I can do is

Dream of being in

Better places.

I hide in my room,

Blast my music and

Feel so free.

The music taking

Over me.

I picture a world

So perfect

It's hard to believe.

Everyone is happy

Including me.

I'm startled by a

Bang.

It's just my dad slamming

The door.

I hear my mothers cries

And crumble to the floor.

I don't know what to

Do anymore.

I plug in my headphones

And lay on my bed

Dreaming of a world

Where I could be

Instead.