I seek to find escape.
To find a peace that is denied.
My eyes see only darkness,
I shrink within, and yet even there I can not hide.

Voices ring within me,
Pleading help I am now too weak to give.
My body sags from sorrow,
It seems as though a part of me no longer lives.

I fought so long and hard,
To keep sanity within my reach,
But now I beg for it to leave me,
For its sweet release I do beseech.

But I am tired now of all the pain,
My heart is bruised and bleeding,
I cry out with all my heart,
And yet no one hears my weeping.

I think I may die of sorrow.
That pierces my flesh like a blade,
I think no one would notice,
If I but only fade.

To fade away,
To lose myself in some darkness sweet.
To fall into a gentle rest,
To close my eyes and sleep.

This thought is my hope,
The darkness my friend,
I close my eyes and dream,
And wish for an end.

Death smiles down on me,
Offering a blessed release from the pain.
I smile back and stretch out my hand,
And yet even that I may not gain.

But I’m so tired of this pain,
So tired of this world of despair,
So tired of weeping where no one will see,
So tired of always being the one to care.

I seek not but that which is due,
I wish not a single thing from you,
But silence and a little rest,
And to lift this great pain from my chest.

I seek only a place I may sleep,
a place where I may no longer weep.
I seek only for silence, in which I may lay,
Where I hear not the voices all night and day.

I seek to find to find…peace, escape, silence, only these things that are my due, No more would my poor soul ask. And yet no one hears my cries, no one hears my pleads, or sees my tears.