asylum

 

I was always conscious

Even when my heart was desolate

I was always fully functional

Even when I had no heartbeat

I am the end result

Of the ingredients from my past

I am not supposed to make it

I am not supposed to last

I don't ask you

To remove the source of my pain

Because you are not the rain maker

And I know that it's not fair to ask you -- to stop my rain

My damage came before

I ever laid eyes on you

And my damage is the reason why

I do the things that I do

I can no longer express

What it is -- that's going on inside

So to avoid future pains

I choose to just run and hide

I know and I wish

That things wasn't this way

And that this dark asylum

Wasn’t the place that my heart had to stay?

after vision

Reviews

[Epiph!]

i pray it better! this is how i feel sumtimes but u kno wat we're not as jacked up as we think cuz we're still standing!

[deeps]

Wow! This is deep and powerful.
I really enjoyed this wonderfully written write.

[Desert Dreamer]

I have been to a similar dark place. If this poem is true to life, I hope you find your way out of the asylum. I enjoyed your poem.

[A.Lee]

Interesting. I like the way you structured this poem. It very well written and you conveyed the dark, deep asylum we often find ourselves locked in very well.

[Gomer LePoet]

Good rhyming scheme here. The only way to express is to keep writing. Eventually one hopes that expressing will finally bring to resolution and more insight.