Crying is...

Crying is my emotional comfort
My gleaming hope of security
If inside I'm dying...
Then outside I'm crying

Don't get me wrong, I love to cry
It makes me let it out
Then I can breathe and have a peaceful sleep
Instead of having to shout

Whenever I feel I can't take it
And there's no one by my side
People are watching
I'll start crying on the inside

I break down in my room
After mom tries to beat me
I've got cuts from her jagged diamond ring
The thing she uses to hurt me

Crying is stopping everything
Putting down what I have to work on
I close my eyes...
Maybe sing a little song

When that's over
I'll push my head into a pillow
It's like sinking into
A puffy marshmallow

I dream of a place
Where I can rest safely
In my own little world
Living quietly

God loves me
Almost everyone loves me
But when I stop loving me
Where will I be?

I'll be crying

The world can be so harsh

So cruel

So I start to cry

And break a rule