Safety Blanket

Space that needs to be filled
Running and frantic thoughts

Silence is the calm before the storm
Terrible and foreboding

A time to prepare for what’s to come
Never a safe place to exist

It’s the space I avoid
So I don’t experience my suffering

But at night it always comes
The parts I’ve shut off come alive

Almost like a safety blanket
A place I learned to hide

Never show the pain in the light of day
So they never see your weakness

Be quiet while you sob
Let your inner voice consume you

At least in the dark
No one but you, can see you

No one can tell you how to feel
Or ridicule you for hurting

It’s the place you learned to let go
But now you’ve lost control

-K.M.