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Some of the lines went a little long, so I don't know if the poem will actually come out as fully intended (as I couldn't indent the ones to show that they were actually on the same lines)

 

Free association style - quite literally actually. Just sat down and wrote exactly what came to mind. Unfortunately, I was in a really bad mood - so it turned out rather dark. So sorry - I know the last thing needed is more depressing poetry. Ah well, I wanted to share it anyways. Enjoy it...

 

- Justin

 

~~~

 

Internal Imprisonment

 

 

No. Don’t make me. I don’t want to.

It might not be real. It isn’t. Of course it isn’t.

Let me sit here. Let me wallow, in self-misery. In vanity.

Vanity? I’m no Important. No VIP.

Ha! More depression. Sulk and sway my thoughts.

Know that tomorrow I’ll be fine. Wrapped in a façade. An illusion.

That life is good. That my friends are all I need. That my family is all I need. That my soul itself will content me.

Until moonlight. Until solitude. Then the truth immerges. Conflicting thoughts.

That I want more. Greed, not vanity. I’ve no ‘true’ friends. The ones that would be, I don’t want.

They’re not right. Not perfect.

That’s ok. But then they can’t help me. That’ll be ok, when tomorrow comes.

But for tomorrow to come, the sun must first set. Then I sit again.

Alone.

Without Soul.

The Man in the Glass is transparent; hanging on my wall. Useless. Not a crutch.

Still alone.

Music knows me. Helps me. Sways my thoughts, even as I sleep.

Sleep. A barren wasteland. A field of thoughts to sip from, after steeping in truth.

Like facing the devil, before the dawn.

An epic struggle. An unimportant voyager.

Even if I were to surpass it, no one would know.

Don’t make me. I don’t want to.

I’m content to leave the sails un-set. Let the brew steep some more.

Irony. A circle really. Do you see it? A pattern?

Is there one? But important – can it be broken? I shout for help but want none. Or is it opposite than my reality?

Do I want help but shout for none, instead?

So many Questions. So few Answers. What was that quote again?

Futile. As if it would help.

Tomorrow it will be okay. After I wade through calm waters, single-handedly – unable to swim.

Morning will be false though. Heaven only to be dropped to hell. Again.

No. Don’t make me. I don’t want to.

 

And to think – I could call this poetry.

Edited by Justin Silverblade
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I'm not sure what to say other than that I appreciate the stark nakedness of the words and it prompts me to offer you a *hug* Posted Image

 

~Salinye :butterfly:

Posted

hmmmm

you mean i'm not the only one who questions everything in those darkest hours?

*hugs*

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