The radiant crescent moon illumina… Transforming the clear azure water… The gentle evening breeze sending… I stand above my reflection, watch… A stranger stares back at me, her…
We wrap ourselves in bubbles The numbness keeping us safe From the pain we hide from Silence filling gaping holes In our hearts as we try to forget
I’m wide awake The night still young My mind refusing To take the chains off To let me escape
You look at me Like I’m some prize on display Pride glimmering in your eyes As you smile encouragingly AND
Guarantees a long painful death ...
Unhappy thoughts Replace my good mood Sending my heart fluttering Angrily against my chest Demanding to prove their worth
My pen is ravenous today My broken spirit Guiding its every stroke The blurred words Building rivers from my tears
You hide behind your big smile But I know you wear a mask And I see the lies you hide I see the scarred fragile soul Cracking beneath the weight.
The world is an ugly place Filled with disease Secrets buried deep within Betraying the lies we hide behind Spewing all our sordid crimes
I’m exhausted No fight left My lids so heavy Rocks mark my eyes No tears left
Night has fallen Once again Leaving me alone With my thoughts Their incessant prattle
A fluke encounter Letter after letter Turning me inside out Each new exchange Giving me
My voice vibrates off the empty st… echoing in the night. The glow the street lamps illumina… the brick buildings centuries old Their character leaping from the s…
I don’t know where to start Too much to say So much more to lose I know what I am risking But I don’t have a choice
Time ceases to exist Vanishing from my mind As my worries cry All the things I can’t control Throwing me back