Deadly
game of
Hide and seek,
Counting down rather
Than up,
Watching the pounds
Simply melt away.
Countingto ten as
Her smile glints from
Discovering herself.
Deeper, deeper,
Crimson lines finally
Sinking to the bone.
Pearl white glaring
Up into the
Candle-lit room.
Counting in the corner again,
Waiting for someone to
Take control,
To tell her what to do.
"Fish are for scales,
Why do you listen
To the media's shit?"
She slips away under
The cover of darkness,
And hides in her little world
Of hide and seek.
Old scars and fresh scabs
Screaming out into the air,
Like a girl drowning and
Gasping for air.
She's been playing the
Game for so long,
That she doesn't see why
The other's can't play with her.
"Seventeen, eighteen,
Nineteen, twenty.
I'm going to find you!"
Head in her hands while
Her tears steadily hit the floor,
And she looks at the girl in
The mirror.
The only person willing to
Play hide and seek,
That deadly dangerous
Counting game.
"Can you find me yet?"