She dresses in
black everyday
She keeps her hair
simple and plain
She never wears makeup
but no one would care
if she did anyway
She doesn't
recall yesterday
Faces seem
twisted and strange
But she always wakes up
only to find
she'd been miles away
Absence of awareness
Losing time
A lapse of perception
Losing time
Wanting to escape
She had created
a way to survive
She learned to detach
from herself
A behavior that
kept her alive
Hope in the face
of our human distress
helps us to understand
the turbulence
deep inside
that takes hold
of our lives
Shame and disgrace
over mental unrest
keeps us from saving
those we love
The grace within
our hearts
and the sorrow
in our souls
Deception of fame
Vengeance of war
Lives torn apart
Losing oneself
Spiraling down
Feeling the walls
closing in
A journey to find
the answers inside
our illusive mind