Neon Truths

Bitter pill to still her racing heart's dismay In her eyes, a distant storm begins to sway They don’t hear the pain that’s screaming to be heard Just protocol, compassion blurred In a room with glass for walls, observed, she stands Left alone with aching soul and trembling hands Dark despair, she seeks a light, through the night To ER's glow she walks alone, her mind a fright Voices whisper, soon she's within, aid to pursue But the ones meant to heal betray what's true Stripped of grace, in stark white halls, she's confined Clothes torn away, her solemn plea declined Drowning in the sea, her silent cries unheard In sterile air, her pleas hang on every word Caught in web, where help seems cruel and absurd She’s the prey, her spirit wounded, slurred [Chorus] Psyche's prison binds her without a crime In hollow care, where her fear climbs Tattered thoughts in her head fiercely entwine Locked in questions, the remedy, she’s denied Whispers of hope now turned so cold In her fight to survive, her story unfolds Lost and forsaken in this clinical space Yearning for warmth in the coldness she faces Tears trace lines (fading lines) Through make-up masks that she designed To hide, to brave the world outside But truth's exposed in neon lights Lies within the pills they gave To calm the storm that rages brave