Do you know

Do you know what its like to be hungry

to crave the tiniest morsel you can find

to feel the hunger clawing at you like a savage bear

and in your mind the want is followed by no

you cannot

you cannot eat

you cannot want need nourish

this body

Do you know..?

Do you know what its like to be lonely

for the days to feel like they never end

where morning brings the anguish of life

and nights bring dream worlds of terror

the fear that creeps up in the dark

in the silence

in the whirlwinds of your very own thoughts

do you know..?

Do you know what its like to sit beside someone

and want and need and yearn

to be close

and in your minds eye youre in a world

all your own

isolated

Do you know..?

Do you know what its like to cut

to drag that blade across your skin

and wait for the blood to pool and fall

drip down your body like all the sins

all the sins that you have committed

greed

gluttony

sloth

Do you know...?

Do you know what its like to want to be rescued

rescued from your own mind

a mind that is pushing you to the edge

deceiving the one person you thought

you thought

you could trust..

yourself

and do you know..?

I will never be

I will never be who you want me to be

despite my efforts

my thoughts

because

well I am me

Do you know..?

Do YOU know

what its like

to be me?