A Cry in the Dark

Alone

I stand in the shadows

Waiting

Hoping that you’ll see me

Wondering

If you’ll notice

If I cut my hair short

If I change the clothes I wear

If I slit

My wrist

Alone

The darkness overwhelms

My sight

Is failing

Yet I hate

The way I am

If only

There’s someone to find me

To rescue and love me

If only

I’m no longer

Alone

by Mark Lim Shan-Loong