a-simple-nothing

I'm crying again and I don't know why Deep inside I'm dying again. I can't keep living to sow another's seed For the life of me I need to keep. Trust runs deep into the heart The further from love I shelter my scars. It's my problem and I can get by But being needed is why I cry. Without that feeling that I make a difference Without reassurance that There's more to this than loneliness I can't hold on to nothingness, When vulnerably I've given my heart.

He takes a marker from the floor Sits with her in silence She lets him take hold of her arms Extend them and opens the marker Touching it to the cool skin Words echoing out from the tip "To write love on her arms..." He traces each letter Traces each scar on her arms with his fingers "You don't have to go through it alone" On her fingers, on her palms "You don't have to try so hard anymore" On the other side "You don't have to hurt yourself anymore" As he continues up her wrist And looks her in the eye She looks down as he continues "You don't need the pills any longer" He glances toward the table The medicine bottle empty