In the shadowed corners of a fractured mind,
Where whispers of dread and despair unwind,
I reach for love, but recoil in fright,
Bound by the darkness that swallows the light.
Each bond I forge feels like a noose,
A dance with ghosts, a heart set to loose.
I crave the warmth, yet it burns like a flame,
Fear of abandonment, a lingering shame.
Walls built from anguish, fortified tight,
Longing for closeness, yet paralyzed by fright.
Moments of touch are electric, then cold,
A hunger for safety, but too scared to hold.
Every connection feels like a trap,
A promise of joy that turns into a snap.
In crowded spaces, I’m lost in the throng,
The closer I get, the more I feel wrong.
Behind every smile, a tempest does churn,
A heart that’s been shattered, too wounded to learn.
The night stretches on, suffocating and stark,
Each glimmer of hope swallowed back into dark.
Every affection, a gamble I fear,
Will it end in betrayal, or will it bring cheer?
I wrestle with silence, with shadows that creep,
A chasm of sorrow that pulls me so deep.
Yet in this turmoil, a flicker remains,
A pulse of defiance beneath all the chains.
To face the abyss, to dare to believe,
That even in darkness, I might still achieve.
Though attachment may haunt me.
