Unseen Pain

My childhood was sheltered

Hidden in innocence from worldly ways

Disappointment came with each action

“Because I love you” became cold in my mouth

As excuses for my ignorance

As my life progresses, my eyes are opened

To all the things I’ve missed

My inexperience has left me helpless

Wanting to break free of the hold

Before my youthfulness dies

My frustration taken out on the ones I love

I turn to pills, my only friend

The blade that I use to free my soul

Becomes the one thing I hate most

I hate what I’ve become

My innocence is gone

Now all I wish is that my shelter

Wouldn’t have broken in the storm