It's amazing how just one person
Can such an impact on your life.
You are petty and spiteful and cruel.
Your soul ambition is to bring me down
And I hate to admit that you succeed.
You slam the doors closed and I am trapped
With nowhere to hide and no way forward.
Some people don't realise
That the most painful tears
Are the ones cried in silence.
I have to bite my wrist and be quiet
So you don't find out how much
Of a baby I am when you utter
The insults that carve the bitter
Words into my skin to ensure that
I can never forget them.
They burn like acid, like poison.
They burn like fire spreading
Into my chest and into my heart.
It's amazing how just one person
Can have such an impact on your life.
She is warm and welcoming and safe.
She comforts me and reminds me
That I am not to blame.
She helps me to smile and she helps me
To laugh and forget about you for a while.
I know I that I can't escape you,
At least not for a long time,
But she reminds me that there
Is more to life than you and the words
Engraved into my eyelids,
Imprinted onto my tortured mind.
She comes to me when I feel worthless
And tips me upside down
And she shows me the key to a better
And happier world in which you're powerless.
It is amazing how everything can be altered
By just one, single person.
