Sy Redemption

Roots are not in sight In the light, In all their might. Room to grow, Undertow, Secrets to know. They are the key, Set free, Under the tree.

White tile floor, yellow walls, Looking at the only one who knows. Your eyes are telling me a story, What loneliness does when it grows. You take me back four years, when you walked in the door, You wanted to start over, You wanted something more. You tried so hard to find a friend, One…

I once had a wart on my dominant hand, With oozing white puss my mom couldn’t stand. But I liked watching the skin decay, And slowly peel off every single day. With blood that bubbled underneath, I wanted to rip it off with my teeth, But my mom said an absolute “no, To the doctor…

Why did she try? Every time she heard her heart cry, She told herself another lie, Against the values she lived by, Yes, I know why she’d try. Why did she try to fit in? When all she saw was girls so thin, And all the games she couldn’t win, She hid behind a false…

 Dum, dum, dum, slow beating of the drum Rit, rit, rit, Ripping the skin off my thumb. goose bumps rising on my skin, Anticipation of what’s to begin. Dum, dum, dum Louder, louder still this strum. Skrit, skrit, skrit, The scraping of my cerebrum. Tossing, turning the pain within, My breast made of porcelain. Dum,…