Sorries won't do;

So much bruising.

All black and blue;

I'm always losing.

I don't want to be my own casualty,

Stop killing me, stop killing me.

I can't treat this with levity,

Stop killing me, stop killing me.

All these tears

Streaming down my face.

All these years

I felt like a disgrace.

Trapped in a cage

That I can't escape.

So much rage

That I can't escape.

Darkness consumes me

As well as my fear.

Something feels so near,