What would you do?
What could you do?
Sit there, a scream echoing in your lungs
Never allowed to escape
Could you stand and laugh when on the inside
You're crying?
Could you walk alone, knowing that people can't  understand you?
Not because you don't tell them
Not because you can't explain it
Not because they don't try to understand
But because they don't comprehend an unhealthy mind
They don't see someone in a constant war of them self
They see excuses
They see an attention whore
They see someone who is so self-loathing they're not willing to make an effort
And then they say it
Over and over
Until the voices sink in to your head
Over and over
Then aren't just voices anymore
They're screams
your own voice
Over and over
Yelling
Telling you you're lying
Not a good friend
Not a good person
And at first, you don't believe it
You tell yourself
"no, it's not true; it can't be."
Then you give up
Because you just can't fight anymore
Let them sink in
Sentences that cut into you
Slurs and insults that leave bruises everywhere
Words hit you like knives
And now
inside and out
You're covered in scars
You don't know if they'll heal
You hope so
They hurt so much