Like Dry Ice

I stared into nothingness today.

He's been there for quite sometime now.
Only time mattered when I'd oblige
his nasty presence.

I looked into his strangely warm eyes,
and realized,
I looked out from them.
I was nothingness
and it numbs a person's whole
like dry ice:
You'd think the cold hits hardest,
but no, its the slow burn bringing
the deepest pain.

to run away...
where do you go to hide from yourself?

Author notes

yeah, I'm not doing so well. I'm getting help, don't worry for me.

A contest entry

today has been okay ( i want you to write..anything) by chilali. 700 points, ended October 12, 37 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest

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By me, right now

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kiwigirljacks
September 24
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I know this feeling well... to want to run from yourself. An impossible task indeed. Powerful poem!
SpydurPoet
September 24

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oh wow. you have done a stunning job on this. i could feel the emotion bleeding out into the words. brilliant. best of luck in the contest.
write on.
~*~SP~*~