Is it wrong to want to be emotionless,
so that I can feel emotions less?
Do not get me wrong—I do not want to be heartless,
but what I do want is to use my heart less.
But what if I end up loveless—
that I might start to love less?
Then again, they always say that I am careless;
there would not be so much of a difference if I start to care less.
After all, they mocked me for always being helpless.
If I lacked emotion, I would ask for help less.
Then maybe I would not be so restless—
to the extent that every single night, I rest less.
If only, in the face of pain, I was fearless—
then I would not wish to be numb enough to feel fear less.
Am I starting to sound hopeless?
I guess I am, because I started to hope less.
If the sight of the sunrise can make anyone breathless,
it only serves to remind me of another day wishing to breathe less.
Funny, I went from wanting to be emotionless to wishing to be lifeless.
Maybe I am beginning to see the beauty of life less.
Now I am here, wishing life did not seem so limitless,
as I am only reaching life's limit less.
Is it just me, or do I find it annoying to hear the word "endless"?
It is just me, because it only makes me see my end less...
And less.
- Zelmer Afoz
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Where The Unheard Is Heard
PoetryWhere unspoken feelings are spoken. Where the unconveyed emotions are conveyed. Where the unheard words are heard. This book of poems explore sadness, loneliness, emptiness, and other deep feelings. Some are my actual feelings, while some are in...
