You knew things weren’t well

I was struggling at home

I was struggling at school

My mind a prison that someone must’ve lost the keys to long ago

My heart a fortress of pain

But you were the light

And you knew it

If I stay, you stay

We live for each other, you said

And then you left

A few words, a simple goodbye

And you were suddenly a stranger who apparently lied

Losing you broke parts of me I didn’t know existed

The slowly healed scars split open wider than before

I bled till there was no more left to bleed

My body a desert, my eyes like leaves in winter

I wanted it to end, who was I without you

My bestest friend

In your absence, I lost myself

I perished, but sadly, failed to die