The Boy In The Corner

Thu, 04/18/2013 - 15:32 -- sldavey

He sits alone in the corner
His face, so stained by tears.
Staring, staring bleakly at the wall
Never seeing, never believing
Only bleeding, bleeding for all he lost
Alone in the world, crying, afraid
He has no friends, just his knife
Whose kind lips, slip over his writs
To kiss him goodnight, one last time.

Because,
Nobody cares about the boy in the corner
The one sitting alone
With all his troubles and fears
With no one to hold him
To slip an arm 'round his shoulders
To let him know someone is there
For him, to help him live

Maybe if someone,
Had held him close
Helped him in his pain
The pain no one could understand
Not his best friend, not his lover
Only the knife knew him best
Right to the end of his life
That little knife, his only companion

But,
Nobody cares about the boy in the corner
The one sitting alone
With all his troubles and fears
With no one to hold him
To slip an arm 'round his shoulders
To let him know someone is there
For him, to help him live

He hid it well, that one little boy
Who could bottle all of it up
Every broken dream, every lost hope
Every friend he lost, every tear he cried
He held it all, deep inside
So deep he buried it, into his heart

It grew in the dark, fed by his despair
IT burned in his eyes, every unshed tear
Every cut in his soul
And had anyone looked, anyone cared,
Maybe he wouldn't have died

But no one did, because,
Nobody cares about the boy in the corner
The one sitting alone
With all his troubles and fears
With no one to hold him
To slip an arm 'round his shoulders
To let him know someone is there
For him, to help him live

Now he has a new friend
Where he lies now, and forever
His friend in life, that little knife
Has left him now in death
Now, his companion, his friend
His only cold company
Is the dark earth in which he lies
Entombed forever, with all his pain
Still locked firmly away

From everybody,
Who doesn't cares about the boy in the corner
The one dying alone
With all his hopes and dreams
Lying burning before him
With nobody to help him, save him
To help him live

He has nobody
Nobody
To help him live
Nobody
Nobody

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