Left Bleeding

Left Bleeding

The pain I feel is so demanding,

I try to leave it behind, but I feel so locked in, so trapped,

Shadows, nightmares make it hard to breathe,

As I feel so alone, scared, and weak.

I feel like I live with a shipwreck between my ribs,

My mind is in a box with fragile written upon it,

Dark sadness and grief brought on by pain,

The nakedness of my vulnerability can be seen in my depression.

Lost empty memories and old wounds have been reopened,

Thoughts I can't resist leave me feeling cornered,

Repressed emotions and fear lies deep on the edge of my solitude,

The weight of my numbness seeps in like poison.

Blanketing my heart, surrounding it in a black void,

Silence screams out inside of me,

I am the one who cries, the one who sheds tears,

My past is time that is broken and left bleeding,

Screams from within my soul for burdens to leave my mind….

1/30/2016