Conversations in my head always there but never to be said,

Can't escape my childish dreams, my fantasies, the unreal realities,

Talking to myself again no one seems to be around,

I hide myself inside myself, never thinking I'll be found,

Alone I sit in my own world thinking of a thought that never wakes,

Sometimes I dare to open my eyes only to find those that despise,

Oh how the light blinds,

I disappear back in the dark, it leaves an everlasting mark,

Suddenly trapped with no escape, to lonely to stay, to scared to come out,

I find myself drowning ,the water to deep, a nightmare I'll forever keep.

By Jamie Sue Reinhart

Poem contributed March 14, 2001.