daunted.

I dare not look,
I dare not feel.
I scald alone,
I live in fear.

I could not trust,
I could not lie.
I do what I must,
Lest I will die.

I suffer alone,
I hide my tears.
I am scorched,
I flinch at my sear.

No solace,
I live in fear.
I am lost,
You cannot hear.



** Trying my hand, yet again, at poetry.