Working Title:Innocent

I clench my teeth hard
Until only the whimpers can escape
I batter myself with silence
Lock the howls inside
I break my own head
To keep you innocent

I swallow my anger.
It wouldn’t help either of us.

You sent my thoughts spinning
Down paths worn smooth.
Making me tread
Over my old footsteps
With bloody feet.

I swallow my fear.
It wouldn’t help either of us.

When I look to you
for solace
Will I find my joy
Or will you pull me
Into your world
Dark and bleak

I swallow my loneliness.
It wouldn’t help either of us.