• A/N: Just a quick warning: this does mention self-harm and drug use so if that offends or triggers you, proceed with caution or not at all. I hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday!!

    WOEFUL YULETIDE

    You’re out alone
    By yourself, Christmas Eve
    Asking for help
    But no one can see

    You just need a place
    To rest your head
    You just need to be safe
    With a warm, cosy bed

    But they turn you away
    Ashamed of your choice
    Your feelings drowned out
    By the pain in your voice

    You wander the streets
    Alone and so cold
    It shouldn’t be like this
    You’re sixteen years old

    I sit here alone
    With the air conditioner on
    Watching you struggle
    Wondering how you’ll carry on

    I want to help you
    But I don’t know how
    I sit here frowning
    I furrow my brow

    The guilt, it creeps slowly
    Like a spider or snake
    I wish that tonight
    I could be in your place

    Just for a moment
    Just for a day
    Just for a minute
    To hear you say

    “Thank you, I’m sorry
    I can’t carry on
    Booze, drugs and cutting
    Are where I went wrong.”

    I smile politely
    And hope you don’t see
    That your realisation
    Is killing me

    I trudge home in the dark
    Sneak in, not a sound
    Pad up to my room
    Where I rapidly drown

    In the tears and the blood
    Flooding from my inside
    The only gift I receive
    This woeful Yuletide