Broken

Strong

She was strong because she had to be.
No one saw the cracks inside her heart as it would softly beat.
She gets quiet when she gets inside of her head.
Sometimes she needs helps remembering the difference between what's real and what's nonexistent.
She keeps her scars well hidden.
She wears a mask that most could never fit in.
Inhaling her reality as she exhaled illusions consuming her mentality.
She was beautiful in so many ways that everyone could see.
But in her heart she carried secrets too dark to hide the seams.
Her insecurities fought hard to reach the surface.
It became impossible to keep them calm.
Years of pain forced her to think that she deserved this.
She could not be convinced that they were wrong.
Weighed down by guilt that shouldn't have been hers.
Terrorized each night by monsters that have already conquered her with their words.
She was weak in so many ways that she could never show to another soul.
She kept it deep inside herself,
hoping that time would kill the mold.
You would never guess that this girl is so fragile.
Years of building walls around her heart have forced her hand to battle.
Suffocating in a war she fights alone inside her head,
She seems like such a strong girl now.
But in her mind, she's almost dead.
She told him once about her struggles but he must've forgot.
She was strong.
Now she's not.