Hold

She hold it in, holds it all in

Her emotions, thoughts, memories, the demons of her past that she keeps trapped in the depths of her being

No acknowledgement means no existence?

A lie forcibly shoved down her throat as she attempts to get through her days

It happened, they all happened, but only at night, in the dark does her soul open itself

To pay homage to the pain that has made an abode in the vacancies of her heart

The cup runneth over, the tears flow freely, her mouth gapes as she quietly sobs, her chest heaves heavily

Everything has boiled over; the façade of her reality has been broken in the cloak of the night

Demons swarm her face, pin her to the bed as she relives what she’s worked so hard to forget

Her mouth agape becomes their entrance, moving back into her, quickly finding their home again in her heart

The tears slow, her chest rises and falls at an even speed and soon she drifts to sleep

They’re sleeping now too: the thoughts, memories and demons, now dormant inside her

But don’t be fooled, they’ll awake again in a few nights, she knows this and she’s scared

But she holds it in, holds it all in