My thoughts are loud but I still smile through

Watching the hours disappear beneath the blue

My tears gave up from too much pain

Now I hide where every wall still knows my name

I stay away from the life outside

From sunlight spilling where I used to hide

I lock the door on the world I knew

On every face that never saw the truth

The voices crawl into the quiet air

Soft as a whisper, always there

“They never loved you, let them go”

Their shadows stretch across my soul

I shake my head but they remain

Living inside every broken vein

Saying, “We are all you’ll ever need”

Planting darkness like a seed

Curtains closed, the room gone cold

A lonely heart too tired to hold

Music bleeding through the night

Trying to bury what survives inside

My house stays dark, no light comes through

The bed’s the only place I still run to

I disappear beneath the sheets

Where silence and the voices meet

They tell me sleep and stay asleep

No more wounds to hide or keep

Their promises sound warm somehow

Like peace is waiting for me now

I stand too close to letting go

Watching red drip soft and slow

The floor goes still beneath my feet

And pain begins to feel like sleep

I shake my head but they don’t fade

They grow louder in the mess I’ve made

Saying, “You were never meant to stay”

Pulling every breath away

Curtains closed, no morning breaks

Only shadows when I wake

Music fading, heartbeat slow

And no one sees how far I go

My thoughts are loud but I don’t fight

I let them echo through the night

Still lying here, too numb to cry

Holding on while parts of me slowly die