The dreams come
And she rises from the darkness
Scared and alone
Around her are the people she's hurt
The lives she's scarred
In this time, in this place
She is vulnerable
There's nothing she can do
Still, she fights against it
The pain, the sadness, they grab her
They try to swallow her whole
But still she fights
She wants, she needs
It is only here she admits what the pain has done
It has taken her, twisted her
Turned light to shades of black and gray
The shadows are outside
But they're inside as well
She is so weary of herself
She wants to crawl towards the light, but she can't
Her voice cries out
She pleads, but there is no one to hear
Please, she cries, please
All I want is my happily ever after
She's searched, still searches
Her heart has cracked, broken, crumbled
It lies in the dirt at her feet
Indistinguishable from the earth
Her soul bleeds because she knows
She can't lie to herself here
In the moment between the darkness and the dawn
The words ring in her head
They stink of truth
For her, there is no happily ever after