How did we get here? You were beautiful, bright, and hopeful. Now look at you.

Your eyes are swollen, your hands are shaking. You did things you can't speak about.

You try to wash yourself clean, but you just can't get clean enough, can you?

Your skin is stained in sin. Your mouth is stuffed with filthy words. Your eyes are clouded by unwanted memories. But here you are, alone.

Take a breath, self. Take a deep breath, because you're diving into something you can't seem to swim out of. Each stroke you take sends you back. Swim to the shore, love.

Swim as fast as you can. Try to escape from this ocean before you drown in yourself.

You try to close your eyes, but even dreams become nightmares. They haunt you, just as reality does. Where did we go wrong?

Here we are, surrounded by the faceless. They walk just like you, lost without purpose. They haunt the streets with their existence. Have we become one of them?

We were supposed to be different. We were a growing flower and now we're the root of a tree.

We were a lovely sound, but now we've faded into static. We've become the ghosts of reality.

Wake up, darling. Free yourself from this prison. Let go of those shackles before your turn cold.

Let go before you fold.