Darkness - 10/30/07

The darkness closes in
Shadows all across your skin
Hurting yourself
To make up for all that's gone wrong

Does it give you satisfaction
To know what you're doing?
Do you feel better
From the razor you're using?

I may not understand
All you're going through
But one thing I know
I'm here if you need a hand

I wish I could help
But you tell me it's nothing
You shrug it off
But inside I know you're hurting

I'm worried all day
They ask and I say I'm okay
I wish I could help you
Just tell me what to do.

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What it's about; This was a time that I was having trouble handling things. More than one of my friends wasn't doing so well, and I felt it was my responsibility to help them. I almost didn't know how, and feeling helpless isn't ever the best thing.
Other notes; Part of this poem actually came from something else I had been writing at that time, and it spiraled into this piece.