Those eyes.
So dark.
Always full of feeling.
Yet.
So empty.

Everyone at school thought they knew him
Sure, he was 'the mysterious Prince'
'The supposedly dark, tall and handsome'
Every girl's favorite dream: the untouchable
But we never knew.
All the pain.
He hid the darkness behind a mocking smile and a superior demeanor

I fell for it too
I came to love him
Senior year went by like a quick breeze
Facing the world at age eighteen
I saw the pain.
But I couldn't help.
And soon we said goodbye

I saw him at reunion
The same Prince.
The same hidden pain behind the smile
Again I couldn't reach out.
Again I couldn't hold on.

Two years passed by before I heard about it
He's gone now.
They found the bottle under the bed

Sleep.
Unwakeable.
Deadly.