How does it feel to lay in the arms of another

When you know their purpose is meaningless?



How does it feel to love another?

Yet they cannot see

An inner strength subdued by his eyes

God, why can't I say how I feel?



Arms quivering as if shaken

I hope he cannot hurt me

Broken glass above my head

Make him take Dad away



I still see dad

Stumbling towards me

Empty bottle in his hands

But he was there

And he saved me



Though I feel safe in his arms

Bitterness is all that fills my heart

Why can't I be with him?

The only one to show me kindness

When others turned away



I can't look into his orbs of brown desire

I know I'll only die inside again

It's like dad

But he hurts me inside instead



He rocks me as if I was his child

Why can't he love me like I love him?

Grown men can't cry

But they've never died on both sides of the heart



Inside out

Two hearts with separate intentions

Yet their effect is the same

I die here

Safe in the arms of the other perpetrator

An irony that overwhelms me

As I follow the light