Beaten eyes And broken ties Simple lies Like spoiled ryes They’ll never catch up to their pain Fast like a train Yet frozen like the rain They love and love over again A Tender dove And a pretty rose Nothing compared to what grows What grows deep in their hearts They’re desperate to play the part But don’t know that someday they’ll depart So eager to deal with the insane But The Revelation? They’re doing it all in vain

The end before I can envision anything else The pain and horror of knowing that I can’t talk to you Can’t spend another second with you Entirely bleak and hopeless, my life, if you’re not here If I can’t feel you near, it’s over, your constant guidance and love carrying me…don’t know what I’d do without you Entirely bleak and hopeless, my life, if you’re not here

Leaping through her heart, that simple dart Staring deep into the forest, wondering where to start. It could be so special and sweet. Delicate and neat. But nothing she knows about. Listening to the rain, drowning out all her pain. In the back of her mind the Agony. In the back of her mind the peace. The distant screams of her mother wakes her in a fright wondering why’d she even bother. That monster- with him nothing would change. She couldn’t imagine turning a new page. To be free for once. To feel good, just an ounce. Being kept in a cage only fueled her rage. No more Agony. No more peace. She put him to death. She leaped out the trailer, felt the earth, and ran unhindered through the woods. But that was her only failure. To think that it wouldn’t come back to haunt her. Some other monster..