How to be Alive

Look into my eyes and see the torture, see the pain
See the tears of flames surviving every drop of rain
See the cruel reality that lies upon my skin
Turn your head, deny the truth, ignore my troubled grin
Speak of every trial spinning through your aching mind
Teach me how to be the best, so generous and kind
Make me shatter, make me break, and murder me with knives…
After all, how else to teach me how to be alive?