The Rhyme

Hold your breath, while you watch me fall It's easier to say nothing at all I need a friend, playing pretend's not working These pills are useless and the shadows keep lurking Let me go, there's nothing left inside To run and hide is all I know to survive The nightmare won't end, this life grows colder Come wake me up when it's all over Some of us made it, but no one deserved it I'm silent, I'm screaming, sticks and stones was The rhyme that they taught us to fight off our monsters To help numb the darkness but what they forgot was is You don't need to break my bones for you to break me The voices won't stop, don't let me be alone Please someone, I just wanna go back home Lock the door, I'm rotting in my room I hope tomorrow doesn't come too soon My tears ran dry, my heart's suffocating The bruises and I are slowly fading Make it stop, there's whispers in my head The mirrors echo everything they've said To rise and shine is so hard to do When all the light has been taken from you Some of us made it, but no one deserved it I'm silent, I'm screaming, sticks and stones was The rhyme that they taught us to fight off our monsters To help numb the darkness but what they forgot was is You don't need to break my bones for you to break me The voices won't stop, don't let me be alone Please someone, I just wanna go back home I remember every story they wrote on my back Bruises like words tattooed into my skin in blue and black ink I remember every kitchen sink surgery Where family had to stitch me back together I remember every happily ever after that never came to pass We didn't go to school in fairy tales We went to school in all the gory details of a horror story While monsters made us victims of their comedy We, the recipients of their punchlines They hung insults around our necks like signs Inviting anyone to join in Their words were invisible ink That they tattooed upon our skin Some of us made it, but no one deserved it I'm silent, I'm screaming, sticks and stones was The rhyme that they taught us to fight off our monsters To help numb the darkness but what they forgot was is You don't need to break my bones for you to break me The voices won't stop, don't let me be alone Please someone, I just wanna go back I know that I'm stronger, broken heart of a fighter My scars remind me that I'm a survivor This life is a tough game and I don't wanna play it I'm reaching for a hand, help me make it But it's too much, so I give up, just please don't hate me My letter's on the pillow with a kiss goodbye I'm sorry, mom, but I promise that I tried