unbenannt by Aleksandra Gach on Flickr.
Pain hidden behind a seamless smile
I’ve seen that look before
Although never anchored to such an image of beauty
To the untrained eye you seem simply jaded,
out of touch
But I see through it all
The faint glimpse into the real you humbles me
Knowing that an approach,
however subtle
could send you further into the untold hell you believe yourself to be in
So i stare into your boundless potential
The way I’ve seen you do at others
Hoping that I can draw out even a fraction of your true self
As if in an attempt to have you see what i have all along
that you are absolutely and without question
A Blessing
Motions slowed,
mind put into overdrive
Body ever moving,
look a Bee ever looking for a hive
A simple pain
ever pulsing
Builds in his head
He’s numb to the touch
eternity has come to an end
Go to sleep little fool
skin wrinkled by rainwater
the day shed by an intimate moment shared by none
this space is devoid of time
and the room dissolves
leaving room for only the essentials
thoughts become clear
mulling over decisions made in the past
truth is found until the curtain is drawn
the room returns and you are left there
with skin wrinkled by rain water
Choking on the words I should have said
My head becomes full
Ready to spill over
Ironic isn’t it
That your ear yearns to hear
The one secret I’m unable to disclose to you
So I sit
Ever weighing the decision I have made
With the ones I wish I could have
And one thought slips in
You are not born from your parents
But from the decisions you make
And the willingness to make better ones
Lost and reluctant to be found
For who would be relieved to find such a fiend
Last time I think to myself
So here I stand
Every nerve sensitive
On the edge, looming over Staring into the familiar dark
And its familiar pain
Falling seems immanent
Locked outside a glass house
Looking in only reminds me of past mistakes
Finding irony in the similarity of my current situation
Funny how an imaginary wall can hurt
But I know the pain all too well
Non the less I wake up every morning
Don the mask I’ve worn for so long
Convinced that as long as I’m the only one that’s hurt
It will be fine