Coffin of Fear

I suppress my screams
so hard it is to refrain
from the voice of the sorrows
that flow through my veins

so much needs to be said
yet no one can hear
because the confessions of truth
are subsided by fear

I open my eyes
and darkness I see
I'm in a small place
and can't be set free

The walls of the coffin
made of fear and cries
make it impossible
to see through the four sides

I scratch at the top
and pull out my hair
just getting weaker
with limited air

I stop.
I breath.
I think of a solution.

But I pass. And I'm found inside this illusion.

My fear buried, it buried me alive.
And I didn't have what it took to survive.

I had to be strong to break out of my cage
That was built on an ongoing fear and rage

But I couldn't. I gave up and just left it.
I let him hurt me and learned to accept it.

I let him take advantage of my vulnerable soul,
and made me think I was the one to blame
until I lost control and was ashamed.

I was scared, and I let him walk all over me.
And because of that I am now buried six feet

To you women who allow people to take advantage of them
Remember that you are just as strong and as smart as any of them.

Stick up for yourself, don't keep your feelings inside.
If you don't you can die just the way that I died.

In a coffin of fear.