Swallowing Life

I know you can see the stars, 

Shining above you.

I know you can see the moon,

Lighting up your night.

But can you see the darkness? 

That swallows your soul?

That eats your emotions?

It isn't anything more 

than light,

than darkness,

or depth,

nothing more than numbing itch,

that grows on you in the most,

untruly places.

This craving for something more,

holds your arms tied in chains,

pulls and swings your heart in a pendulum of emotions,

causes heads to swing,

click.

clack.

click.

clack.

It all stops.

It all comes to a stand still.

This emotion,

once twisting your body, 

once stealing the breaths you gasp for,

stops.

And we live.

not for them,

not for others,

but for ourselves.