My Forgotten Pleas

I just need to get away from here.
The words can’t take me far enough, but they can try.
Every time the door doesn’t open,
I feel like a weight has been lifted from my shoulders.

Sometimes I like to hear the darkness talk back,
But only when I’m alone. Only when I’m vulnerable.
I’m not ready for the world to see how scared I really am.
Not until the end.

They know my secrets.
They know where I hide when no one can find me.
And though my words sound like this, it’s not what you think.
Everyone has a thousand shadows.

Please, bear with me as I sink into my own mind.
It consumes me as I fall into it,
Knowing that I may never return.
But somehow there are places comforting to stay for eternity.