You peel back my layers/ one after the other// until I am nothing but oozing heartache and bubblegum
Even on the inside, the pain is candy coated/ crystalized sugar dripping off of rotting fruit// you don't even bother taking a bite
Cotton candy drenched nightmare/ I wake up with a monster on my chest// I try to breathe but he's pounding my lungs like a pair of bongos
This is the cost of trying to make the bitter things sweet
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Does the Rain Ever Stop?: Poems and Musings
PoetryHello Reader, This is my collection of poems and thoughts that I have compiled over the last few years. I have been writing for many years and my number one hope is that someone reads my poems and feels seen. Says "oh that's me". We all live in this...
