The shadows are here again
And it's not even nighttime.
Anytime I'm burning up
With flames of self loathing,
The nightmare of not belonging
Overpowers my life & soul once more.

I'm not going to be able
To make it much longer;
The more I walk down Sadness,
The greater my loneliness becomes:
Despair darkens my eyes
With pain-filled hollows.

It's not even worth it for me to stay.
Losing poise & self control,
The world will see me falter,
Crash & burn, if I'm not careful.

Eyes of twilight are lost
In a world of burgeoning pain.
Nothing I see or know
Means anything to me now.

Love has faded on fractured wings
Of the scariest, most putrid filth,
And I don't care if I'm damned,
Because by nightfall I'll be gone.

I've tried so hard to fit in,
But to no avail at all.
This cruel world doesn't have maps,
Nor any discernible directions
For me to follow down easy.

I don't think this benighted realm
Will ever be ready to accept
Or accommodate me,
With my baggage of love, dreams,
And absurd illusions...