Never Beat Again

I want to tear the heart out of my chest
Crush it to a hard stone, barricade my ribcage
---Never bleed again---

I want to be an empty automaton
Live without pain, threshold raised to infinity
---Never laugh again---

I want to shed this living, breathing shell
Stop this beating, heart decayed to worm filth
---Never hurt again---

I want to break away without running away
Blind the eyes to white, wash the memories

---Never love again---

This small death is something I have to do
For these feelings would choke the life out of me---
I shall look at these scars as faded memories
Without meaning any longer, a faceless shadow---

No longer shall this anchor stop the body-ship from sailing free
And there are so many more empty skies to see.

Author's Note

Update: An improvement, hopefully!
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Wrote this last night and revised it today. Let me know what you think of it!

Reviews

[ambur]

If you review others' writing you can get more reviews on your own. Just some heads up! You writing reminds me of when i started writing, so I can relate. I really love the last two lines, but they seem different from the rest of the piece. Good write overall.

[Chirpy!]

Pale Rose, (Almost called you CynFall!) what I like about your writing is how you can write as if only to your self. Your work reads like a personal dissection. Yet, somehow, it is never really about you. I never feel lost in your thoughts. I feel like I'm shown mine. You write beautiful poetry. It looks beautiful, too!

In my opinion, there is no better kind of poetry.

[Pale Rose]

Thank you so much! I feel the same way, and it's high praise for you to say my poetry embodies this.