I care.

Poem for a writing competition. One Person Can Change the World.

Anyone can change the world. This is dedicated to the one person who changed my world.

When coming home means danger.
And mother is a stranger.

Inside somehow dies.
And even ‘I love you’ is a lie.

And when these wrists have bled.
No, never enough was said.

Now the silence overtakes these dreams.
It quiets these inner screams.

Trying to say I don’t care anymore,
When everything is an internal war.

Wishing for a fantasy,
Except there's nothing but reality.

But in the despair,
One voice saying ‘I care’
Can change the battle’s welfare.