Useless

Sometimes we amount to nothing

I need something to get this ticking out of my mind.
Not love or lust.
I'm in need of no friend or foe.
My enemies despise who I've become.
I used to smile and laugh.
A butterfly of the social life.
My world has darkened and I have submerged myself within it's shadows.
There's no light here.

The ticking has made me numb.
I can no longer feel.
I'm no longer human.
Was I ever?

Emotions are nothing to me now.
Just ink on a fading page.

There's nothing left to give.
Nowhere to hide my pain.

This creature I've become has eaten at everything I love.
Burnt walls and crooked window panes.

I'm nothing now.

Author's Note

I haven't been doing the 'Poetry' thing long and I don't do the rhyming kind, I just write how I feel about things and how characters I've created feel about things. This is what comes of it.

Reviews

[Eddie Gao]

I really like stanza three and five. Both very poetic.

[Circe]

ow, you strip every layer slowly so that we are made to bear each felt sense... it's excruciating in a very good way, thank you.

[Kelsey]

"My world has darkened and I have submerged myself within it's shadows. There's no light here." That's my favorite part of this poem. The whole thing is wonderful. You really have a gift, your writing is wonderful. Never stop writing, you express yourself beautifully.

[Kaylor Mason]

Oh lord, I hope this isn't how you're really feeling! Are you all right?