wake up

My need to be heard goes ignored

I holler into the abyss

a voice does not echo back

there is just silence

Silence, a physical weight holding me down

I speak up

I ask to lift the weight

My need to be heard goes ignored

The cycle continues

I lash out

My pleas go unheard

The pain, the frustration, the anger, the remorse

and the loneliness deliver a never-ending nightmare of silence

My need to be heard goes ignored

the only way out is to wake up...

is to wake up

...just, wake up.