My Dark Poetry

Escape

I wish

That I could escape my mind

For just a little while

I would trade anything in the world

To know what it's like

Not having to fake a smile

Anything you name it

I would give it up in an instant

For a moment

Of silence

A moment of peace.

I know I sound selfish

Trading up my own life

For a forever of peace

But you would do the same thing

If you knew what it was like

To have demons rage in your mind

To be up in the early morning

Rethinking your whole life

To count every calorie

As if it were a war.

If you knew what it was like

Then you would give it all up

Just like me

For just a moment of peace

For a permanent escape

From the twisted dark place

We call our minds.