i just want to listen

i can spot the suffering in your flickering eyes

a glimpse of the cataclysm behind your forced smile

every time you tell me that you're fine

i see the dark and cold yearning to escape your mind

it boils under your soft skin

the surface on your wrists are paper thin 

but you cover up with long sleeves 

and let the fear of intimacy win

dear friend

you dont have to suffer alone

i want to listen

i want to understand

why you smoke

why you starve yourself

why you run 

and why you hide

why your pretty face is teary-eyed

i can see the shadows seeping through your bones

the chaos wants a new home

but you cant seem to let it go

its all you have ever known

you said you'd out-grown

your fright of the freezing cold

but its engraved in your soul

certain things are hard to let go

i know you lie in hope 

say you feel fine when you dont

it makes me so blue 

how much you want it to be true 

i just want to hold you and let you know

it will all be alright

you should open your castle doors once in a while

to let in some light

accept a helping hand

when it reaches for your bleeding palm

to treat your aching wounds

know that we all have cuts and scars

its okay to show your vulnerable parts

i know you're scared

i am too

we all are

to love is to risk hurting

to love is to risk losing

but the world is just a little warmer

and a little brighter

when you have somebody by your side