Left Alone

When you’re left alone,
Sitting in the dark,
Thoughts and temptations swirling in your mind,
All the faults that are so well hidden
In front of your family and friends,
Become exposed,
Coaxing you into places you didn’t even know existed…

Your head begins to spin,
Everything you know is good and right
Becomes distorted in the blackness of night,
You can’t separate fact from fiction,
You can’t tell right from wrong,
All you know and all you fear,
Become tangled…

Leaving you in the lurch…
With no one to turn to…

You can’t distinguish between birth and death,
You don’t know if this twisted place
Is heaven or hell,
All your weaknesses are laid bare,
Making you feel like you don’t deserve anything you have,
Making you fear that it will be all snatched away,
Leaving you with nothing…

Being left alone to stew
Is a tonic that defeats its purpose,
You just descend and descend,
Paranoia takes over and crushes the last of your hope,
You give up on everything and succumb to your weaknesses and temptations,
You feel that everyone has abandoned you,
So you want to abandon everyone…

The truth is they haven’t abandoned you at all…
You’ve just isolated yourself from people and pain…