Alone

Hate how
when I'm alone
everything festers
in my brain.
All those words
and actions
turned against me
in my own mind.
It makes me
want to scream
out loud,
release the tension
beyond my skull.
Hate how
when I'm alone,
it's me against
the world.
It's hard to
understand that
there's somebody
out there
who cares
when I'm alone.
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...

~Mason