Anxiety
It’s 4am
She can’t sleep again
She’s drowning in her thoughts
Her worries
Her endless battle
She fights
As her demon rages inside
Her parents
They fret about the scars on her wrist
Why can’t they understand she wonders
Why can’t they see
That that’s the only way to rid of this demon within me
Her friends
They see the marks but never ask
She walks around with an unbreakable mask
You wouldn’t be able to tell that the girl before you was her
The same one three years ago
That would laugh, and cheer, and shout
The one that belt out
The lyrics to her favorite Disney song
But people can change
As easily as flipping a light switch
On to off
In just a single year
But what amazes her more
People never ask
She just ceases to exist when just last year
Just seemingly yesterday
She had sighed contentedly
Surrounded by friends
Saying
“Life couldn’t be better”
And as these words slipped past her lips
Like the sun sets in the west
Tears slip down her cheeks as she holds the bloodied razor in her hand and whispers
