INSANITY
My heart is a sprinkler but my mind is hollow
My lips wish no harm but my eyes hold secrets
My legs try to run but my arms are limp
My cheeks want to smile but my throat is constricted
My stomach is healed but my back is shredded
My blood is sunlit but my bones are moonlit
My life is loved but my sanity is my enemy
My humanity is intact but my soul is detached
*And if I die before I wake,
I pray the lord, my soul to take.
- bettydorotheamarjorie -
(* = this line is taken from a famous Christian prayer)
YOU ARE READING
a letter made from ashes
PoetryThis is a collection of my innermost knife cutting thoughts, my deepest insecurities, my heartbreak, things that I have thought about but never dared say out loud. Things that would normally go in a burn book, things that might hit a chord in you, o...
