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This world and it's cruelty

Can someone please set us free?

How long are we gonna survive when every morning I just want to die..

Perfect smile and a polished face,

Walking through the dark scary place.

No one sees the storm behind your eyes,

The quiet wars, the camouflage, the lies.

It takes an ocean just to stand upright,

To make it from the morning to the night.

And the weight of the silence is starting to grow,

Hiding the secrets that nobody knows.

We’re drowning in whispers, we're gasping for air,

Reaching for hands that we hope will be there.

She was just a child when the bad things came,

Too scared to even call them by their name.

The men on the street who would yell as she passed,

And the family at home who would hold her too fast.

Hands meant to protect her just tore her apart,

And broke all the trust in a young person's heart.

Walking outside just to hear all the noise,

Called out and chased by the men and the boys.

Then running back home where she thought she could hide,

But the very same hurt was waiting inside.

The shouting outdoors and the touching at night,

Nowhere to run and too small to fight.

And the weight of the silence is starting to grow,

Hiding the secrets that nobody knows.

We’re drowning in whispers, we're gasping for air,

Reaching for hands that we hope will be there.

She was just a child when the bad things came,

Too scared to even call them by their name.

The men on the street who would yell as she passed,

And the family at home who would hold her too fast.

Hands meant to protect her just tore her apart,

And broke all the trust in a young person's heart.

But the person who hid for so long in the dark,

Is finding a way to bring back her spark.

They took her young years and they left her in pain,

But she is still here standing up in the rain.

The cuts and the bruises show all she went through,

But she is still here, and her spirit is there acting like she's alive and well.

The nightmare is real and it happens each day,

She wishes someone could just take her away.

Still stuck in the dark where the monsters can see,

Just praying for when she can finally be free.

Still trapped...

Not yet free.