Work Text:
Hurting
By Ahallah Swiftclaw
Why can't you accept me?
Why do I have to be the best?
Can't you just believe in me,
For once in your life?
I try and try and try for you,
But you never seem to notice.
I give all of me and then some for you
But you never seem to care.
Instead of praising me
I get harsh words that cut.
Instead of hugging me
I get a slap in the face.
I don't know what to do.
I just think I'll fade away.
For no one can live on a lack of love,
And that's all I'm getting.
I feel empty, oh so empty.
Filled with nothing,
A void that is never full.
Just waiting,
For someone,
To finally love me.
I am lonely, oh so lonely.
I can't give too much
I'll give myself away
Till there's nothing left
And you still don't care
I get only emptiness back
Instead of praising me
I get harsh words that cut.
Instead of hugging me
I get a slap in the face.
You don't know just how much this hurts
You don't understand how each word wounds
You don't get how it's not the bruises that are killing me
They don't hurt as much as the lack of love
For every human being
Needs love
And every human being
Needs caring Can hate
But those human beings
Are slowing dying