Withholding Evidence Poem by Elizabeth Sheaffer

Dark and dreary
Oh so weary
Waiting in an endless line
Dark as night
Starkly bright
The sunshine blinds my puffy eyes
Red from crying
Thoughts are lying
Self-esteem still oh so low
Stop the meds
Play with your head
Hurt yourself so deliberately
Cut the skin
Pain within
Do you even want to get better
Love the pain
Stand in the rain
How do you let go of all you've ever known?
Holding back
Important facts
How can they help you if they don't know?