The Best and Worst of My Emotions

a prison without bars and locks

my bedroom is all i've known,
i live in these walls
trying to escape them everyday.
there's a reason people escape so young

there's screaming
crying
anger
bloody brains and
bruised bodies

a family who didn't want her return
and a girl
who had no where to go

they took her in and cared for her
until things got hard
she's been their emotional punching bag
and center of frustration for as long
as she's been back

she bruises her body in hopes that
she won't have to be there anymore
she's able to leave, but nowhere to go
she's able to leave but no strength to say

goodbye.