I wish you knew

I wish you knew,
how much I ache,
how much I love,
how much I hate.
I wish you knew,
what you can’t see,
what’s slowly resurfacing,
from the depths of me.
An intricate web of past pain,
the words they’ve said,
the soul they’ve slain.
I wish I could tell you,
I want to be held,
but I’m slipping too far away,
back into my hell.

© Marie