There is nothing so sickening

As a child’s tears in the night

Soon skin starts thickening

And fears lose their might

But all the space in between

All the pain so formative

Whilst begging to be seen

And not wanting to live

You heard me singing

My desperate solitary lullabies

All the while I was dreaming

I could disappear into the sky

Here I was drowning

Thrashing in my own mind

Violently screaming for help

And finding no reply

You knew the whole time

No monsters were under the bed

You knew the whole time

They were all in my head

You let me believe it

You left me alone

And I couldn’t see it

To me you were home