How can I continue pulling myself apart?
Trapped in the past but trying for a new start?
Desperate for your eyes upon me once more.
"Not possible, though" I say alone on the floor.
No more drugs to keep you away from my mind,
I try to shut down, afraid at what I'll find
lurking in the shadows, coming forth to play
that painful flashback reel that I fight day to day.
But my sober mind's laid forth for them to claw
and lie burning in the sun, unable to withdraw.
"You crushed her heart, you broke her soul," they chime
"You destroy all you touch, reducing it to grime."
I thrash and scream, "No I never wanted that!"
"To late Little One, there's no going back!"
Freezing hot hands pin down my arms and legs
peeling off my skin and feast on the dregs
of flesh and blood they lick their hands clean.
Flesh of my soul devoured never again to be seen.
Author notes
First in a long time huh?
How did I do?
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this is a great poem and it is nice to know that eventhough it has been a while since you have wrote something you still have your touch. We all get stuck sometimes, I am still trying to get out of that, but I loved it like the rest. Great work.
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this is really reavealing to me and makes me see all that your trying to say. things always intend to happen as you try to run away, but no...they always come back with painful memories and regret. Such amazing poem you wrote, truly amazing.
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Man. It's hard to rhyme and get away with length like that. Good stuff. Is that really how you see urself? Cuz if so, one thing a writer needs to do is realize the drama he creates in his mind is not to mix with the "soul" of himself. Good writing tho.
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Well then my mind is very good at creating physical pain.
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alright...
Sorry if I touched a nerve. Good writing though. On a side note, physical pain affects the body and not the soul, the mind is the bridge between the two.
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Too long.
But you haven't lost your touch [thank god] The ending is very ... uexpected though. lol. Oh and you're not little.
But that aside, well done.
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