You’re choking, fiercely spluttering In depths of darkness, as the weight Of all your failure presses down And alone, you scream in the night The surging fire of your heart Creates a muddled stormy mess Now all your self-control destroyed You sink into mania’s clutch Burning overtakes your senses Leaving them numb, exceptContinue reading “Addiction”
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Only you
Only you can put a final end To the darkness that consumes your mind Only you can take that last step and Leave the wounds of your past far behind Image: Edvard Munch, The Scream
Distraction
You’re most vulnerable Absent distraction Nothing to hide your Bubbling emotion You thought the reverse That with time and space You’d at last find a Break from your mind’s race But there is no calm No stillness and ease When really, deep down The soul is diseased Image: Edvard Munch, The DayContinue reading “Distraction”
At the end of the day…
You surround yourself With noise and clutter Distractions and people And tasks to be done Filling the day, you While away the time As you avoid the truth, Keeping up the facade But at the end of the day When the night falls There’s no one but you, Nothing but your mind Continue reading “At the end of the day…”
Sunrise
Waking mercy of the sunrise Won’t you show me where your strength lies Furnish hope and give me courage To endure this earthly body For the limits of the flesh Weaken resolve, crippling the soul And the numbness of a frigid night Is stealing joy away from sight… You wonder why it allContinue reading “Sunrise”
I will be
When you’re feeling all alone I’ll be there to guide you home Though the road may weary you I’ll make sure your path stays true When the sun sets for the day I will drive your fears away And though dark the night may be With my light I’ll make you see ThingsContinue reading “I will be”
Despair
Hungry echo of fear, Dormant whisper in blood Chews away at threads, In the fabric of time. Gnawing at the soul, As life seeps from flesh Convulsions numb love, Wounded body fading. Into the night, Into darkness As passion grips a mind, Holding onto a dream. But as answers disappear, Hope morphsContinue reading “Despair”
Trapped
She lays helpless in a haunted embrace As whispers of night call mockingly Sinister words, mind doubting the body It’s caught in a brittle and barren world Her vision is blinded by burnt shadows As they brush her spirit callously Burning despair and bitter fear, tramples A heart locked in hopeless thought BeContinue reading “Trapped”