Shredded

Twisted, torn and bleeding

Lying wide-eyed in the dark

A victim of personal choice

Damage by my own design

 

I struggle to breathe

Strive to be numb

Wish to be gone

Wish to be done

 

Heart like a disrupted jigsaw

Mind like a clogged drain

I strain to remember why

What started all this pain

 

I limp to my goal

Try finishing gallant

Still wishing to be gone

Still wishing to be done

 

Youth fallen away

Talent buried deep

I fight to find reason

A need to sustain

 

I grip the ledge

Hanging by my nails

Wishing to let go

Wishing to end

 

Dried up and dead

Inside and out

I look back on the waste

Letting dry tears fall

 

Floating adrift

I peacefully leave

Now I am gone

Now I am done