Your fear of betrayal
the fear of tripping and getting bruised
of being used and having to lie
broken amid the pieces of your sanity
amongst the overwhelming confusion of the
why did it happen to me's
and the how could he's.
The fear causes you to shy at chances
to shy from the pain at which your soul still cries.
The violation of mind and body
that colors your view of others
and makes you doubt your own self worth
makes you deny your own beauty.
The pain you wish to feel to drowned out
the pain that life and self loathing have placed upon you
placed within you.
Yet amid all the darkness
your heart and soul shine like beacons in the night
struggling to keep you from despairs hold.
Your desire to move on
the frenzy that drives you to achieve greatness
the feeling that those around you are but weights
holding you still
dragging you down.
The fear that grips you at times
that chokes you
of falling short
of failing altogether
and never escaping the small pond you've outgrown.