All I Hear Is Screams Poem by Elizabeth Forrest

All I hear is screams echoing in my mind. Is there anyone who will listen? Is there anyone who will care? Screams shadow the lonliness and darkness that have befallen me. No one to understand. No one to turn to. I am trapped by this box. I scream but no one hears me. I cry but no one sees me. I speak but no one notices me. Pulling my hair out, gouging my eyes, ripping my skin, burning my thoughts. Death seems like the only option. The pills, ohhhhh the pretty pretty pills that sit here in my hand. Calling me, beckoning me, enticing me. The cold steel that winks at me, speaks to me, comforts me. The scene playing over and over in my mind. Is this really happening? Insanity, the turning point. Will anyone notice? Falling to the floor kicking and screaming. The decision.... piercing silence now ringing loudly in my ears. Caving in. The voices give no explanation...... darkness.