The Deafening Silence
It's crazy that you can't change the voice in your heads volume
It is constantly the same silence
That is always screaming
The unfathomable truth is that
While we want to scream
We can't
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HAVOC
There's been an error in my making
Built in self destruction
There's a very bad monster
So terrible
It's ruining me
But how do I fight it when it's within me
How could I? without burning along
How could I when it's so beautiful
Why should I?
The only feeling I've felt for a long while
Why would I??
THE INEVITABLE
My house has always been on fire
Why does it only burn now
The wounds has always been there
Why do they only bleed now
My senses are heightened
My fears suppress me
They're screaming
I can't decipher what they're saying
But I know it's awful and dreadful
I just know it
my senses are numb,Lifeless
I'm drowning,
I'm not agitated or frightened
I feel no urge to swim or fight the storm coming
I let it take me with it
I just let it
THEY
They keep staring
They keep laughing
They keep whispering and murmuring
Now even though they have disappeared
I can still hear the echoes
The trauma, insecurities
The people in my head don't just seem to leave.
Save me
I can feel these haunting dreams
And soothing nightmares
These harsh whispers
And melodic screams
Secrets
Secretly we're scared
And I know you couldn't tell
Life just isn't fair
We know that all too well
The things we hide
That keep us up at night
You couldn't tell but
We're not alright
Secretly you're scared
And I know you'll never tell
When things go bad it's because they started well
The things we hide
Behind a smile and say we're fine
You can tell we're not alright
Secrets, we want to yell
Lies that cause us hell
I'm Scared of Shadows
I was fine.
With my thoughts.
Untill the triggers you forced upon me came.
I was fine.
For I knew,
That it'd probably never change, it'd stay the same.
Then it happened.
Something bad.
That drove that memory down deep into my heart.
Then it happened.
Bad memories.
And oh like some sort of life "part".
And now I'm no longer there.
No longer where?
No longer normal.
It's burned,
Visceral Pain
Deep
Sickening
Systemic
Whole body feels off
Subject to shock
Body senses danger
Sick so easy
A biological response
To the body's protectiveness
My nervous system
Is constantly on high alert
As I experience
Visceral Pain.
Storm
The air is heavy
Electric dread
Crackling excitement
The sky is dark
despite the time
A rumble comes
A flash of bright
white
The sky opens
like a flood
gate
Cold water
in a
sudden
pour
What if
I could fall now.
I could confess my love.
I could make you think wow.
I could make you look above.
But what if.
What if my ego is to large.
And your trust is to small.
Then the love will end.
With one steady fall.
Selective Silence
Assume you're being watched
The world is a great big camera
That'll make it easier
Wear high heels when you need to buy milk
Put on blush and foundation
Before you go to get the mail
Because Frank the security guard
Is always watching you
From his tower out in cyberspace
Frank the security guard is watching everybody
He's got a checklist
He's gonna give you a grade and
He can elevate you to the top
Or he can destroy you
Send you crashing down head first
That checklist is hidden
Messy rooms and adjectives
Fill a mind tonight.
This mind is a troubled one,
Filled with twists and turns.
Many try to make it forget
Its cares and concerns
With messy rooms and adjectives
That keep its owner occupied.
This does not help, for these have deadlines.
The rooms must be cleaned and the adjectives learned
By the following day.
This creates stress and confusion.
Therefore, messy rooms and adjectives
Fill a mind tonight,
Though this mind is a troubled one.
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