b r e a k   m e
so i guess for now i am alone.
i find for one brief moment
i can condone myself in my hazy memories
only to stumble upon the hurt again
and i discover that everything that i believed in
has vanished
and has wrought this hole through my spirit
and i can feel the loss throughout all that i am
i don't choose to show the world
the life beyond the mask
i long to keep the pain hidden
and i know this way it'll be better
even if no one can help if they don't know its there
the common knowledge would kill me.
and rocking the boat only initiates the crying
the harsh altercations that arise
rip my flesh
limb by limb
bone by bone
until my mind lies in rubble at my bedside
the puzzle unsolvable
and i think until it hurts..
until my entire being throbs with anguish
i fear that i am too transparent
can they see the scars i hide?
i try to understand
to know my damage
to discern if the turmoil i cause
is constantly there
or only in my head
and i find more confusion than before
but somehow i am always in the wrong
even when my intentions lie elsewhere.
in their eyes..
i'm found increasingly depraved
the trust vanishes
the anger thickens
so i'm left in my neverending circle of conjectures
they simply give up
and move on
because i'm "too hard to figure out."
and the utterances haunt me while i'm asleep
and the stars just seem so far apart
and i feel so miniscule to the great skydome
so unimportant in its likeness.
even in a room alone
the chair on the opposite wall
has a purpose
so then i wonder why i write verses like i'm dying
i wonder why my sadness lasts me two lifetimes
and i feel like no one stays.
i almost wish i were an evil person
so they'd have a reason to go
to leave me on the brink of tears
so i wouldn't just be high maintenence.
but i choke
my blood congeals in my chest
and no tears come.
so here is me
melancholy to the core
a prisoner of the enigma
bound and chained to the wall
with cryptic poeticism parching my lips
making you feel my pain with my words
and you back away
inch by inch
to the crescendo of my anger
wanting to run
but too scared to do so
scared of what i might do.
i ask you not to do me any favors.
you think that by leaving
i would crumble?
i wouldn't give you the satisfaction.
i won't give you what you want to see
i'm calling your bluff.
the pressure builds
the strain is pressed upon every inch of my body, mind, and soul
and i bend with the weight
of a thousand worrisome words
and a thousand malicious feelings
but you won't hear the snap of my back
echo throughout the sullen darkness
it'll take more to break me
i dare you to try.

4/13/01
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