Try to Reach Me

And they look you in the eye
While you stare straight
And they try to break the
shield that you carry
With the weapons that
they hold
They try to save you
from yourself
because they see 
the way that you've
changed
How you no longer 
smile in the hallway
How you don't talk
enthusiastically 
about what used 
to define you
You now are defined
by something else 
Something Dark 
that has swallowed 
you whole
and devoured all of 
your likeable qualities
I'm not sure if one even
exists inside you anymore
Isolate and Infuriate 
That is what you do 
That is how you live
That is why you are
Alone. 

 

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