Light Switch

Light switch: a toggle in which to turn something on or off... Some would call it a gift Others would say a curse But I have dwelling inside me A switch, a toggle if you may That most don’t have And many wished they did When I make up my mind To flip this switch That’s it No more I’m done The end There’s no turning back Something inside dies Withers away The roots rot And whatever’s left Blows away in the wind It’s a way of surviving Easier switching off Disassociating Than to keep getting hurt Let down Disappointed Than to have faith in someone Only for them to toss you away People aren’t born with this It takes consistent, diligent effort To make someone choose To install the switch Or choose to continue to care Years and years of building up Until one day There’s nothing left to give All that one can see Is an unsurpassable valley Full of debris and garbage Where others threw your faith Your love Another piece of you away Once I flip it The tie between us is severed Singed Never again will I choose To let you near enough To touch me See inside of me Take another piece of me I’ve flipped the switch No illumination of me Only cold, lonely darkness For the contest: The Secondhand Emotion