Darkness

She carries a box Filled with darkness It whispers fairytales From a little girl Chasing night creatures The darkness Hides an angel Masked beneath A frozen heart Coaxing Her fear The unknown Shadowing her future She is frightened Of words torn Betrayed storybooks Soaked in tears Made by lost Hopes From the past Wondering in …

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She fears they will Learn of the unknown Circling her dreams Swirling images her past Awakening her to cold screams The memories Suppressed Buried in her youth Wishing them erased Forever haunting Cries the innocent Girl held deep within Living in silence As glass walls Crumble around her

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Night falls upon restless minds Cold breeze of longing Linger in blankets Wrapped around scars Made by days alone in sullen dreams Morning hides the pain Dawn rises below punished lessons unsolved Tortured wings shackled Preventing flight or freedom A tear glides slowly Covering the bruised smile Dripping sorrow and fear On pillowcase clouds