Hallway Monsters

Monsters in the hallways with their lip gloss smiles

Try to get away but you miss the route by a mile

 Eyes are sparkling but they hold a deeper meaning

Shoulders back, brain determined, fangs gleaming

Come at you with a compliment that lacks all depth

Waiting for you to stumble, to fall, to slip

Sea green eyes stare deep into your soul

They know something. They know it all.

Spending every minute locked in your room

Crying, tears caressing your sleepy face

Nobody knows the pain you go through

Your dignity you must have misplaced

Dreading each day like the holocaust

Both have the same amount of fear

You know this isn’t where you belong

Because they always tell you, you shouldn’t be here

Go home, go back, they say to you

Go back to the place you’re from

No one wants you here, no one likes you

Worthless, useless, scum

Your friends tell you to be brave

But it isn’t that easy

You need a way to express your pain

But no one gives you the chance

Invisibility has become your passion

Vulnerability, your life

Everything you say out of anger, everything you do out of spite.

If only one person

Anyone at all

Could’ve been your fairy godmother

To hear the cries of help you called

But it’s too late isn’t it

It’s too late for it all

Because you needed someone to catch you

But you’ve already taken the fall.