it sinks deep into me
into my shaking body
before i had fallen into old habits
i used to think of you smiling at me
i choke on the smoke
i foolishly burn my thumb on the flame
and look at the scars over my hands
i do still think about you sometimes
but its different nowadays...
maybe you would let me in if i asked
im alone in the dim light of the fire
the buzzing abhorrent inside me
i shove my fingers into my eyes
pretend i have a reason to stay here
sometimes i come so close to going
you always seem to reel me back in
YOU ARE READING
my darkest mind
Poésieoh, my darkest mind, still as you incarnadine me in vain, you behold me as i fall. deeper, my darkest mind, roiling in fury, the fever you gift me, pain that befalls me, obsidian once sharp had since dulled to reveal the rectification of what used...
