How did I end up in such a ghastly place,

Where all that answers my calls for help are echos?

Where it's so dark, I can't see two inches in front of my face,

And there's no light at the end of the tunnel?

Where did everyone else go?

How did they reach the end?

And how did I end up so alone,

Left in the dark without a friend?

I can hear them laughing, playing in the light,

While I'm still stuck here, not knowing which way to go.

I have no confidence, no self esteem, no fight,

I feel like I'm falling deeper into a black hole.

I feel as though I'm a lost cause,

And it might as well be true.

If I was needed they'd have paused

But away from me they flew.

There are monsters in this place,

I hear them behind me now.

They've cornered me, I am running out of space,

I know I need to escape. But how?

As they continue to corner me,

I realize that escape is nowhere in my reach.

I cry for help and beg for mercy,

"It's no use," I say as I admit defeat.

These monsters feast upon lost souls like mine,

Those left behind by their so called "friends."

They tear me apart, saying that everything will be fine.

I know it won't so I scream for them to stop, I scream for the end.

While it may not appear that way,

I am constantly fighting this battle inside.

People come up to me and say, "How are you today?"

I want to scream and yell, tell them to help, but instead I say, "I'm fine."

I know I hold little importance,

Don't tell me it isn't true and give me false hope.

It's just a fact that I have grown to accept,

So just let me reach the end of my rope.

I know I am alone in this.

Don't tell me otherwise.

You don't know what life I live,

Until you look through my eyes.

A lost cause is all I will ever be.

That is the one thing I have known.

Don't say otherwise to comfort me,

Because in reality, I am alone.