Unreachable Angel

I look at her from afar,
Unable to help, despite my tries.
Her beautiful porcelain face,
Stained by her steady cries.

She can’t see past her flaws,
Thinking that no one cares.
She inflicts pain upon herself,
Hiding scars, so no one’ll stare.

She’s misplaced, doesn’t belong,
Believing the world’s against her.
Unable to remember her last smile,
Happiness, an unattainable blur.

Going on, clinging to little hope,
Trusting something good will come.
But the pain only seems to worsen,
Her only wish is just to be numb.

She pleads to God each night,
“Give me one reason to stay,
I promise I’ll never do wrong,
I can’t fake this one more day...”

Though her prayers go unheard,
Too many scars upon her wrists,
Too many reasons to merely let go,
Within, only fear and shame exist.

Crying all alone one night,
She had to do it, end her life.
She said her last, final goodbyes,
As she picked up that merciless knife.

Cutting her scarred, delicate skin,
She deepened the welcoming blade,
The blood was simply unstoppable,
Slowly, she watched her life fade.

She tried with everything she had,
Just to carry on and stay strong.
Yet once again the demons took over,
And to the world, she didn’t belong.

You see, she needed to be set free,
She needed those angel wings,
She didn’t need any of that sorrow,
They held her down, those cut strings.

I wish I could have helped her,
But she was out of reach, too far away.
She knew what she had to do,
It was the only choice, she couldn’t stay.