When you look at me,
tell me,
what do you see?
Can you look into my eyes and see my soul, my whole
Being. And can you see why I cry at night?
I wish everything would be alright
but its not.
The world is worn and torn down.
I stay up, I cant sleep
Im haunted by my dreams
I cry out to the angels above for help
"Help Me!"
But they cant hear me
I slit my wrists to know Im alive
I cry when I drag the blade down
deeper and deeper into my skin
The blood seeps out from under the knife
My life is a pain
I cant gain a step if Im held back
Let me go, Let my fly.
I try
But I cant seem to grasp your poor perception of reality.
I scream, "I need to know! I need to feel!"
So I slice, I dice, I bleed
I feed off the darkness.
It hides my lies, my secrets.
I have not one but two skeletons in my closet
Scars deeper than the eye can see
You dont know what its like to be me.
I walk with my head down so I dont have to face the world which inflicts pain on my soul.
Im numb inside, no love to behold.
I know I can be happy, I know I can be free. But when,
When will my pain end?
Will I ever be alright?
Will I ever be able to sleep at night?
Thats all I want, a good nights sleep.
Can I heal, can I seal these self inflicted wounds
deep inside my body?
I can. I can see now that I live, I give
my pain, my darkness, my heart
to a box and hide it,
lock it up with a key and swallow it.
No one needs to see me.
Why should I frown,
And let my walls fall down?
Just for more pain?
I dont want it.
I dont need it.
I try
I strive for the inner will to be
Please! Someone save me!
I wish to stop and know that I am not just a hollow hole
I have a heart, I have a soul.
I feel.
Author notes
I wrote this two years ago for a poetry slam being that it is a slam poem. I dont know why I havent added it. I could have sworn I did. But whatevs. Hope you liked it!
Written November 15th, 2006
