Waiting For Anyone.

I am breaking

Even in my sleep

And where was God

When I was screaming?

Where were you?

I am broken

Even in my fantasies

And no one ever comes to me aid.

All I need is a hand to hold,

I'm not even asking to be saved.

I just need someone who isn't ashamed of befriending a slave.

We are all slaves, but some of us don't feel the chains wrapped around our bones.

We are all born into captivity - these bodies are beautiful prisons.

I am ashes. Maybe I am less than that.

Come; lay here in the cracks of my heart

Explore my darkness

Say that I am beautiful for more than the things that encapsulate my soul.

I will wait here. Smoke a strangers cigarette.

I will wait for you. Turning a deaf ear to the screaming inside of me.

I won't cry out to a God who never comes.

But my god, I'll cry out for you.

-AshleyAnne