My eyes clench until my cheeks hurt
My breath flutters like a butterfly doomed to plummet back to earth
My teeth filter the air flowing through my lungs
How did I become like this?
Why does this feeling haunt me?
Day in, day out, my mind wanders
Yet it always comes back to this feeling
This isolation, so ostracized
Is it a prelude to the rest of my life?
A life spent alone.
These thoughts are a plague every moment I’m awake
And sleep never lasts long enough
I cant make them go away
(You know how)
I’m not supposed to be like this
(Like what?)
I’m not meant to be happy
I’m not allowed to be content
I am stuck in permanent melancholia
I’m not meant to live to be old and wise
No, my life is a blitzkrieg
This feeling starts in my (soul) gut
And it rises thought my heart.
My brain tries to decipher it
But only ends up with a virus
Why is this happening to me?
(You know why)
This has to end
(There’s only one way)
My lungs stop pulsing
(You’re on the right track)
My hands lay limp
(That’s it, ease on down now)
my mouth dries out
(almost there)
my eyes close
I feel myself fading away
There’s no light
There’s no tunnel.
Just an eternal darkness
A nice long nap
(it’s nice here)
My head jolts upward, and I rise to my feet.
I feel that burning in the back of my throat
I rip my alarm clock out of the wall
And chuck it across the room
And the scream bellows out of me with no warning
I fall to my knees
A mixture of tears, blood and saliva collects and over flows from my mouth
My eyes roll backwards
My head hits the floor
Whether or not I’ll wake up tomorrow is yet to be seen
I love (no one) you all
Author notes
option number one for 5 options contest
A contest entry
- The Darkest Day by Baahltres.
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Nicely done, Thank you for entering and best of luck to you in my contest.
~~~Vampireblood~~~ -
good write
Thanks for entering my contest, good luck -
Great write! keep up the good work
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"My breath flutters like a butterfly doomed to plummet back to earth"
That must be my favorite line in the whole piece.
You have amazing talent dear.
Keep up the wonderful work & take care!
~Princess of Shadows~ -
wow
love your use of words, and the images suck you in right away, and then leaves you wanting more by the end:
"A mixture of tears, blood and saliva collects and over flows from my mouth"
uh, wow that was a image that kinda stuck in my head for a moment or two
great job with this and good luck in contest
Michelle Fey
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jason you are the male version of sylvia plath...that is good for your writing i guess, but that also means that you did or will get a hernia when you have sex for the first time, and will marry another poet who cheats on you with someone who dies the same way as you will. uhh wait yea just don't die the same way plath does, even tho this slighty hints to it...that would kill me!
ahhh but this is amazing not gonna lie
good luck in the contest ^-^
lotz of lovez
-Sam*
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i just decided everyone in my contest is going to get 1 applause... so here's yours!
~.~Yvonne~.~
Baahltres
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And it rises thought my heart.
- throughout my heart maybe or through my heart
Anyway, that's the only thing I found wrong with this poem. I loved it, and my favorite part was "My breath flutters like a butterfly doomed to plummet back to earth" that's the greatest line, I love it! Well done!
Thank you for entering and good luck!!!
~.~Yvonne~.~
Baahltres
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