A shadow steps away.
It's a running theme, I'm always left behind.
The people get over me, move on with their lives.
something changes
something progresses
something moves
But then here I am, still stuck in the same spot.
I asked for help, I begged to change.
I can't do it alone, I don't know how.
But then they leave.
I feel trapped in a box.
Why? Says the voice in my box with me.
I am lonely, yet have family
I am aimless, yet have opportunity
I am depressed, yet without reason
I am exhausted, yet I do not act
My chemicals seem to rule me, keeping me shut in my box.
Yet another shadow steps away.
Giving up.
The landscape of my mind is like an old attic.
they leave me
well-meaning words of sorry hanging lightly in the air
or perhaps nothing at all
Dust settles on the floor.
I am packed in a box people left behind.
Same as before.
No breath, no change.
I cannot escape.
there's an amount of comfort from the idea that they'll forget about me
the emptiness in my