Your words still hurt like glass shards long after I pulled them out of my maimed and broken body

I waited an eternity for somebody to fix me

and pray that I'll never be afraid again.

I waited eternity for the tears and the shaking to cease, and for the fear of you to leave

I waited in vain for death and its offerings in blissful sleep

I prayed though my faith was beginning to falter and fail

I prayed for an end to the darkness and for the sun to shine again

I prayed for light

and for the will to survive.