Numb Existence

Sometimes dealing with pain is just too much and you wish for numbness to come.

Tears in a steady river fall down my cheeks,

Heavy sobs escape my lips

And with each shaking breath my body quivers.

The sadness radiates through me,

There just so much of I can’t contain it all;

Screaming seems to be the only way to let it out.

My eyes ache to see you return

For your departure is seared into my mind,

Like a tattoo that can’t be removed.

Part of me feels dead with you gone,

And the rest of me just isn’t here;

You took most of me when you left.

What little of me remains

Feels nothing but the pain.

When the tears stop because I have none left,

As soon as the sobs are silent from lack of voice,

Once I breathe without quivering due to an exhausted body,

Maybe then the sadness will fade into a numb existence.

Author's Note

Another poem I wrote to get something off my chest.