Branded (poem)

Any day I think I'm going to break now,

too many hours spent playing repairman

in this large sandcastle kingdom,

wishing the tide would wash it all away.

I think I'm losing my mind now,

a burning in my heart tears me apart,

makes me want to smash those screens

in an attempt to break free.

I'm having trouble finding a way out,

it's either it all goes up in flames

or I burn out and fall to ash,

and either way I lose.

Convince myself of one more night,

hoping that I can survive it,

only to leave closer to breaking

and I'm scared to get any closer.

Any day I think I'm going to break now,

and I don't know what to do...

-Zero