Alone.

She stands alone

Strong and unwavering

Sober on life

No doubts on her mind.

The crowd;

It calls her name

Screaming and waving

And laughing all the same.

Eager to be infected

She runs with open arms

High on the adrenaline

Forgetting all that will go wrong.

She'll find the love she searches for

Seducing them all to care

Sing the song in perfect harmony

Play the role with fire and flare.

But once the friendship feels concrete

True to form she'll secede.

Breaking bonds and building walls

Sabotaging any and all.

It's a pattern she has yet to break,

The need to be alone she cannot shake.

Being a part of something more

Scares her dead in her core

It starves the demon whose cries control

Her every thought, her very soul.

In seclusion her peace is found,

Her longing builds without a sound.

She'll warn the next who choose to play,

Knowing they'll love what she won't give away.

Ending the chapter, turning the page

Lost on how she got this way.