Round and round
It spins your head
The world is out of control
You try to stop
But there's no chance
You tumble and you roll
It tosses you
Up and down
Until you're turning green
You reach out frantically
Trying not to scream
Round and round
Up and down
The world spins your head
You're hoping to end this ride
Before you end up dead
Tossed and turned
You're feeling faint
Starting to lose hope
But just as you think you're done
The choking grip lets go
All is calm and better now
You're resting on the ground
All that's left for you to do
Is to lift your face
And look around

Another poem from the same set...


Seems like every day brings a struggle
Every morning brings more pain
Every breath, another trouble
Every cloud, another rain
Seems like there's no end to your fight
No place for you to hide
No glowing candle in the night
No comforter by your side
Seems like every day grows colder
Like all of life is crashing down
Like more tears come as you get older
Like you're falling to the ground
Seems like every face is turned away
Every friend is now a foe
Every ally has gone astray
Every turn leaves no place to go
Seems like all you have has come undone
There's no control in your hands
But lift your face my precious one
I'm here to help you stand

A longer one from the Tossed set called The Nightmare

"Stop!" we begged
But you just kept screaming
I looked at your eyes
But only anger was there
"Please!" we cried
But you had no mercy
You wanted her to suffer
While we were there
"Fine!" I yelled
I wasn't staying
I looked at the knife
As it fell from my hand
"No!" I breathed
As I pulled another
I knew it was time
To enact my plan
"It's no living wonder
I've wanted to die"
I looked back at you
With half dead eyes
"Are you coming with me?"
I asked my brother
Shaking he followed
To go find our mother
I took my phone
Ready to escape
I ran down the path
Just to get away
Then I turned back
Terrified at what I saw
You were beating the boy
With no mercy at all
I screamed and cried
But you didn't stop
You swung without mercy
Until I woke up