The Note

Would you cry while reading it?

Or would it silence you?

Would you deny it forever?

Or accept that it’s true?

 

How long would it take to read it?

Could you finish it there and then?

Or would it lay crumpled, half read,

never to be seen again?

 

How long would you hold it for?

Could you keep it forever?

Or would you forget it,

move on and speak of it never?

 

Could you ever think how it felt to write it?

Would you feel the nights I didn't sleep?

All the voices I heard

that made me sink so deep.

The four walls that

closed every single night,

with the only light seen

reflected in my eyes

from my laptop’s screen,

as the words in this machine,

tried to drown the cries,

make sense of the sighs

and shed light on the scene.

 

But the words are blurry now,

there’s no certainty in my speech.

My thoughts twisted and gnarled,

with the light out of reach.

There’s no spark in my head,

nor sparkle in my eye,

I forget my own words!

My mind’s unwilling to try.

 

Would you know what I mean,

when I say that I tried.

Tried to live, tried to love

please don’t think that I lied.

 

However you read this,

know it’s the purest I wrote

as this is it, my final note.

Reviews

[Lex12]

I can relate to this so much. It's so good holy crap loll

[Hell in a Hip Flask]

Thank you! I had a look at your songs I really like Strangers, I could definitely relate to it pretty hard.

[Lex12]

I use emotion with my songs. It's how I write. I actually wrote a song but I don't want to share it, it's kinda dark. Can I message it to you?

[Hell in a Hip Flask]

Yeah go for it

[Tony Jordan]

You raise some really pertinent questions on what those left behind might think in the near-aftermath of a sad incident.
I have met many who years later asked what they had done wrong or could have done differently.
The family's of many are ripped asunder.
Really deep writing here.

[Hell in a Hip Flask]

Thanks man I've been interested lately the heightened emotions after trauma, I've been pretty lucky as far as trauma goes so it's pretty speculative and I actually deleted it a first, I thought it was a bit too melodramatic. But nice to see it resonate with some people.