I go outside. My innards are churning like crazy and I search my pockets for my lighter and cigs.
*Emma, stop this. you know its wrong*
I find it. I hold the lighter up
*Emma what are you doing? please I am begging you*
I light the cigarette anyway. my conscience screams inside of me
*EMMA WHY ARE YOU KILLING YOURSELF?*
Because, conscience! It's all I know. It's all that I am used to and i can't go back now.
I hold it up to my mouth, lit and ready to go.
*Emma. please put it down* My conscience now is a whisper, it hasn’t got much hope left
And now everything is getting blurry because my eyes are clogged with salty water
Is this really what I've brought myself to?
I take a puff
*NO, EMMA NO!*
Too late, conscience. You lost again. You're fading now and I can't hear you very well
Puff, whiff, ahhh.
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The Diary
PoetryAs if the first kiss story wasn't personal enough, here's my virtual diary! I named it after the Hollywood Undead song. This will be my way of venting out to the world, and I seem to have a knack for extended metaphors. I have always written privat...