Silent Pain, Screaming
Why cast a shadow of darkness
Why cause pain that I never did seek
Empty this cigarette carton of disease
Out into blank existence
Why shower with love only to
Douse acid in return
Why grant neutrality only to ask for a democracy
Empty this spoiled milk of misfortune
Into bleak existence
Why emotions that feed like cancer on healthy cells
Why love when death grants heartache
Empty this bile of disgust into something more
Capable
I am unwilling to hold to the bullet holes
Torn garments to tie off bleeding wounds
Soaked in sorrow the bleeding never stops
Why do I exist when misfortune finds me as its
Welcoming mat
Set blaze to this darkness, give me a tourniquet and not a
Torn garment.
Give me peace inside of my head
Save me from the grasps of negativity
Save me from...
Me
11/13/2022
Pick-A-Title, Vol 33 Poetry Contest
Edward Ibeh
Copyright © Debbie Walker | Year Posted 2022
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