Dimmer
The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.
~Friedrich Nietzsche~
You could say I’m living my own personal hell.
All the secrets to keep– this is the last one I’d tell.
The way that I feel is near close disdain.
And on my soul, I fear it’s left a forever stain.
The joys here most times can’t seem to quell this pain.
Yet I remain.
Lessons must need to be ingrained.
In my labyrinth of a brain.
Hold me close– before going insane.
This life getting harder and harder to maintain.
Assimilate– and I’ll do the same.
Bulldozed right through this life.
This hell doesn’t come close– to those times I was almost a wife.
That’s why I always keep close a knife.
I’ll cut your cord before I get tried twice.
That’s me being nice.
Could have been reading your rights.
So I’ll hold on tight– to what gets me through the night.
Let the truth be told, we gon’ be alright.
Gave me a scare caused me a fright.
Giving another access to my light.
~Ruby L.S.~
24.2023.09
More on this poem here: https://open.substack.com/pub/introvertedsage/p/dimmer?r=29gi64&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
