So This is Life

Scream

Empty

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My dreamless state broke,

Just for one night;

And behind my eyes,

I saw paradise.

Shadows can hide you,

But they're cold, meaningless;

So where would you run?

If you weren't dreamless.

Awoke to a feeling,

Too fierce to control;

Like a chain 'round my heart,

A straining in my soul.

Tape over my mouth,

Silent as the grave;

But tossing underneath,

With a world to say.

Screams placid as glass,

Dropping tears on deaf ears;

What words would I say?

Even if they would hear.

What a story to tell!

All my efforts in vain;

Emotions too pure,

For any human brain.

And what good would it be?

What help could it bring?

Confusion, no matter

How loud my screams sing.

The fools of this world,

The lies that they gripe;

But don't you take me

As the idiot type.

My secrets are secret,

Are so for a reason;

But they tighten the chains,

Am I still breathin'?

Loneliness consumes,

I fade as I run;

The more I cry out,

More quiet I become.

The emptiness gapes,

I'm running nowhere;

I'm running from you,

But you're always there.

I scream, I cry,

Do they see? Do they care?

"So lucky," They scoff;

As if that makes it fair.

How I long to express,

What swells in my heart;

But it's too powerful,

For me to pick apart.

So, silent I remain,

Like the ocean, the night;

And while breath's in my lungs,

With silence, I'll fight.

Far away from the light.

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