Shadows in my mind

I wake up in the dark, no sun in my sky,

Just a flicker of a memory, a reason to cry.

My mirror don’t reflect, just a ghost in disguise,

Eyes hollow like the graves where my dreams lie.

I walk slow, heavy heart, feet drag in despair,

Talk to God but the silence just chills the air.

All my friends gone or faded into smoke,

Now my soul’s just a joke and my hope’s broke.

Pain in my chest, I can’t breathe right,

Fake smiles all day, cry alone at night.

Thoughts cut deep, like razors in my head,

If I vanished tomorrow, would they care I’m dead?

There’s shadows in my mind, they don’t ever leave,

Suffocating me slowly, I can’t even grieve.

Every heartbeat’s a burden, every breath’s a crime,

I’m just dying in slow motion, one verse at a time.

I tried pills, I tried faith, I tried running away,

But no matter the road, all I find is decay.

Therapists talk, but they don’t really see,

How the darkness inside just swallowed me.

I scream in my sleep, I bleed in my soul,

I bury every memory in a six-foot hole.

Love left early, trust died young,

Now I speak with my silence, write pain with my tongue.

My childhood was war, my future’s a blur,

Every smile’s a mask, every laugh is a slur.

I’m not looking for help, just a moment of peace,

Even if it comes when my heartbeat cease.

There’s shadows in my mind, they don’t ever leave,

Suffocating me slowly, I can’t even grieve.

Every heartbeat’s a burden, every breath’s a crime,

I’m just dying in slow motion, one verse at a time.

If I fade tonight, don’t light a candle,

Just let the wind take me, nothing to handle.

I was born in the cold, I return to the frost,

Not a soul will miss me — I’m already lost.

So here’s my goodbye, wrapped in rhyme,

A final confession for a world outta time.

If pain made a sound, it would echo like this,

A beat full of tears, and a silence I’ll miss…