Gaara's Fragile Heart

My heart is made of sand;

And like a porcelain doll,

It will fall

And shatter

Into a sandy clatter.

Just a big mess

Like the rest

Of my past.

My heart crumbles

In pain

Because I'll never feel again

The love I never had

– Not from my uncle

– Not from my dad

Or even my siblings.

Just my mother,

Who is my true family.

I hurt inside

Because of my mother's death

(I never got to truly meet her)

And my father's wrath

And my uncle's bath

In blood

When emotions flood

Over me

When he attacked me.

I am actually a child deep down

Under my tough frown –

A child who is lonely

And only

Wishes to be loved.

I have tried

My best

To get along with the rest …

But I have cried

Because they detest

The monster inside of me.

Why can't they see

That this monster

Is not really me?

That I am but a human like them?

Why don't they hear

What I have to say?

Why can't they care?

I never wanted things

To end up this way …