Fragments of a soul

 Survivor's guilt is an issue
I rarely see addressed
For a person could live their lives
In pain, depressed
Looking for a reason why
Why they're here and their loved ones are not
Why they survived
Why they're stuck in this one singular spot
Why they're alive
They wish to understand it all
Believing that they don't deserve to live
Becoming nothing but fragments
Of a once beautiful soul
Always asking "What if?".
Treasuring their thoughts within themselves
Locking them up inside their chests
Building walls and mazes outside
Filling the room with traps
Preventing people from reaching inside
In the dark they take constant stabs
Hoping to find a good place to hide
They try and wash their guilt away
But they never succeed
Their guilt lives on and on
Stuck to their souls, it eats
Hiding behind their masks
They smile when they wish they weren't there
It's too much to ask
But at the end of the day they don't care
They hoped for better lives
But that was years ago
Now they wish they didn't survive
Everywhere they go

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