(January 19th,2023)
Truthfully it sucked me back in
This black cloud tends to leave no survivors
I feel the hands of the monster wrapped around my wrist
While my insides are screaming noIt loves to remember this feeling and make me swallow it
Only it taste like a hot iron and charcoal
Last time this took hold it almost destroyed me
I'd like to think I'm stronger now
But it is too
I can't steady my hands for the life of meI'm afraid that when I turn out the lights
I'll see him in the corner of the doorway, smiling down at me with his mouth watering
Still to this day I hear my silent screams in the bathroom of that haunted house
The ways the walls apologized but kept all their secrets
The way the smoke wrapped you up in a cocoon
The way I wanted to die in anyway possible even if it meant taking two livesI hate the way that when I think I'm strong the moment I see him
Is the moment I forget that same definition
I just want to break all the mirrors in this home to remind myself not to see him
Standing behind meRemind myself not to take showers again only baths so I don't hear the door creek open
And feel the hands wrap around my vulnerable body
Remind myself of the moments I loved him the most was the moments I didn't hold an ounce of it for me
Remind myself the days
Weeks and years
I avoided bedrooms because I always saw those cracked walls and his face
Screamed so loud in my dreams but quieter than a mouse with him
I wish I could just scream no in his dimpled,twisted face just once
But what's the point he never heard it for those three and a half monthsIf you hear me screaming
Just look the other way
But if you hear me begging
Please grab hold of me and never let go
Before I completely slip away into this darkness hidden behind my eyes

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Your Struggles is What Creates Your Depth
PoetryA collection of poetry,and random thoughts written when I was struggling to find my way.