The Escape

Don't you want to run away?

"Don't come close! She's not here!"

I heard her say

Trapped in the five corners

that separated her flesh and skin

Her thoughts are clad in black

She heard them scream

from outside

"Don't come close! Go away!"

She blocked her senses

from the dark noise

that murdered her innocence 

Her joy was as evanescent

as the warm array

of colors that once surrounded her

They sent her thorns to play

And blood to drink

Mirrors shattered

She ran away

Away from the hellishness

that dwells there,

where her monsters scream and fight

"No, they're not under the bed" she would say

"They're on the other side,

don't listen to them..."

Her thoughts stabbed her

She was betrayed by her own reflection

Not a trace of love that once was there

She could hear them coming

Coming to kill her again!

"No! I won't let them!"

Her own tears drowned her

and it blurred her sight

Away, away she went

Past the gates,

past the vanishing streets

Ran and ran

but always stayed

where she is,

where she always will be

where no light shines through

They weren't monsters at all, you see

They were daydreams

Distorted by the past

and broken hearts

Just a kiss from a fair maiden

took away her summer

and instead gave her showers,

turning them into the nightmare she knew

But then she had a friend

The one with the cold steel fingers

How it comforts her with every touch

"Just let me hold your hand for a while,

let me feel your wrists

You are not alone, 

for I am here."

And she listened

Her wrists were a canvas

and her bloodstains are artwork

She let the fingers touch her,

holding her hand as they ran away

Oh, how she longed for this escape

She could feel herself weightless

with every step they take

as she slowly faded

Author's Note

Hello! Thank you for reading my poem. Feel free to review my work :)

Reviews

[Great Aunt Astri]

A powerful poem with a good command of language. You portray of this situation of this unfortunate young girl very well. Well done.