No Escape

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These thoughts have entrapped me
in the darkness inside;
I've tried to escape
but there's nowhere to hide. 

In the mornings I ran to forests
where I thought being solitary was free,
but they were the ones creating shadows
in the times of morning daylight.

I tried to run away
and I thought they wouldn't catch up
but I realised they weren't running;
they were waiting for me at the end. 

The nights that I've been crying
I thought it would make my heart less heavy,
but at 6 AM with tear-stained cheeks
I don't know what to feel but empty. 

And what if I drowned in water,
would it finally silence them out?
Or have I been drowning in my thoughts
before I could even blackout?

I thought trapping them in a cage
would keep them from making harm,
but with ease they just bailed out
and they were free to run about. 

Until I decided to write them down;
All their words and all they say, 
and it gave me a hope of sanity
a hope that I can collect myself.

But I guess with all good things
it would come with a price;
in my ink they will forever live
even if I'm buried six foot under. 

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