Misery

Sadness consumes me
it eats me alive

Like a knife
slicing my skin
ripping my flesh
apart

The sharp tip
stabs at my
heart

and

I

bleed

misery

I claw at my
skin
trying to rip
the scars off

Sometimes
it hurts

Sometimes
I'm numb

some days

I'm as high
as a kite

and others
I cry

Trapped

inside a
hollow grave

Darkness

smothers

me..

I scream
for help

but no one hears
or sees my tears

cause its in
my head
where misery
resides

besides

who would
actually

care?
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013

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Perry Avatar
April 8, 2013 at 4:25 PM
Great piece. Love this.
Williams Avatar
April 7, 2013 at 11:59 AM
Karen I love this and the format is great...David
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