The importance of a sentence is usually told in the sentence itself, whereas "extra" details are withheld in brackets, this poem is the exact opposite. The sentences are beautiful lies. The brackets are harsh truths and inherently of more import.
Written at 3:04 am on 05/12/2015.
© L.J. Slaferek
#Agony #Alone #Cold #Dark #Darkness #Death #Deception #Depression #Doom #Fear #Hidden #Hide #Insanity #Isolated #Lie #Lies #LonelyMadness #Mask #Night #Nightmare #Numb #Pain #Sad #Sadness #Shadow #Suicide #Terror
I can’t keep up this race, So bone-chillingly lonely, Still lingering in this cold place… I’ve had this dream before... Pain, agonizing pain strikes again…
Great eagles soar Over canyons high Omnipotent eyes searching for Doorways to another Blooming sunburst
Why me? What am I? Where do I belong? When did it get this bad? Questions that I cannot answer
There lies a wooden cabin Just big enough for one With a garden full of every colour… Growing softly, surely in the dark… With a pond to one side
Fade away We all fade away We suffer In silence And the world likes it that way
Shadows all around Smothering the ground Scraping along the walls Of my mind A thing of darkness
They scream He cries She laughs Sound can be a powerful thing Songs can touch the heart
Night comes The darkness closes in On the form sleeping in the bed It cannot be stopped It will take another victim
You can’t see me My eyes are closed So you can’t look into them Besides, your eyes are closed too. You can’t touch me
Ice cold Nice cold, Frosty breath Chilling death. Burning flame
center WILL HE JUMP? HE STANDS THERE WAITING
I don’t belong here Destined for another place So lonely It crushes me Falling through a black abyss
Depression is... Like a towering mountain, On my back Like my shadow, Always there, always dragging me d…
Your inability to see What’s killing me Endlessly This is my destiny A loop of death
What is the surest way to kill a m… A man strong of body Murder his soul Take his meaning Tear it to shreds of