There is no pain equal to a heart dying within a body still breathing.

Alone and lonely can mean two different things. Tonight they have no such distinction.

Alone I am lost, I cannot see the path for the tears that blind me.
I need your hand you guide me through the maze of life.

And when all have left me,
When I am alone in the world,
Your voice will still haunt me,
My heart will still bleed,
And my tears will still fall.
For in that moment of utter loneliness I shall see I am truly Nothing.

My soul is a well grown over with briars,
Do not disturb them lest you fall into the dark and drown in my sorrow.

This smile for once hides not the shame,
your friendship is what keeps me sane.

I will nurture the thorns around my heart with the tears you caused me.

Your death would kill me,
Your life will heal me,
You presence calms me,
Your words comfort me,
And your every smile reaches my heart.
Do not leave me.

With my fingertips I would trace out my heart,
It's outline the words I could never say to you.

And as the wall of lies comes crashing down around me, I am revealed for what I truly am, a vulnerable child, lost in a world she never understood.