Where I go, Darkness Follows

Into a room full of opaque faces
Chattering like birds during a morning breeze
Carelessly going about their paces
Intertwined like firm rope, strength in the numbers

An aura of unspoken feelings above my head
The elephant in the room that no one says
When they look at me they think that I'm dead
A pale white ghost that has nothing to speak

To be unseen and looked over with a sense of pity
The story that's behind explained when away
All alone in the most crowded of cities
Invisible in the masses and the cliques 

When the singing of voices is brought to a halt
As soon as I sit down when invited by the host
The silence that falls over speaks as my fault
About the nature which my presence is perceived

My name is scarred, my name is psychotic, my name is PTSD.
My name is abused, my name is raped and forsaken
Where I go darkness follows behind in my stead
Unspoken things that sit heavy in an open room
Copyright © | Year Posted 2023

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