Who claimed endings couldn't be beautiful?
Written at 3:47 am on 08/16/2015.
© L.J. Slaferek
The words on the pages blur Fading away in a mist A mist of tears, floods In a waterfall, Like so many drops of blood
There is a beautiful glade Covered in white roses Shimmering in the sunlight Ranks of tall trees with golden le… Surround the glade
What is hope without hopelessness? Love without hate? There is a balance ‘but’ I feel no balance
Doomed to wander endlessly 'I cannot hear a sound’' Then suddenly, a sound that is not… 'I cannot smell anything’' Then immediately, a scent unlike a…
What is the most painful word? Is it hate? That abject raging emotion that… Hate can be fulfilled, one way or… Or maybe it’s sadness?
Your inability to see What’s killing me Endlessly This is my destiny A loop of death
The smile hides the tears The laugh conceals the pain The jokes save them from his suffe… “I’m fine” he says “I’m okay” he says
The Sound of Nothing What sound does Nothing make? The sound of quiet A soothing sound Or a lonely one?
Writing poetry at 4 am Is not as romantic as the poets sa… It is not with love I write Or hatred It is neither
They scream He cries She laughs Sound can be a powerful thing Songs can touch the heart
What is the blackness other than n… Could it be something tangible? Something you can embrace? What if it is the one embracing? Every night, as you lie
center WILL HE JUMP? HE STANDS THERE WAITING WILL HE TURN BACK? HE LOOKS DOWN
Thoughts collapse Mind full of gaps Can’t escape Pain takes shape Cuts on a wrist
Tossing and turning in bed Whilst dark thoughts crawl in my h… Finding it impossible to fall asle… As the madness begins to creep Like a serpent slithering
So cold, Why is it so cold? The air as I suck it in In gasping breaths After I have punched my knuckles…