Smiles interrupted
Just a word or phrase
Hooking into your skin
Dragging you back to the dark place
The memories, the nightmares
The grief, the pain
You thought you were strong
your fragility astounding
The war drums echo throughout your skull
The battle to regain composure ensues
soul vs. mind
In a strike of lightning your temperature plummets
Ashen skin with goose bumps
Marching across your body in armies
the defending sheen sheet of sweat
Drapes across you
Finally the merciless war criminals
Escape trembling eyes
The prisoners with vengeance in mind
Hastily, Slickly sliding down cheeks
Acid that burns cold
The silent torture
The futile war is over
There is no victory
Both sides crumpled in despair
A beacon that draws unwanted attention
A bystander carefully asks
"Are you okay"
Broken eyes begging for mercy
As lips form deceitful shields
"Yes, just fine"
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Gruesome veracity poetry
PoesiaThe people who struggle the most wear the most elaborate masks. These poems uncover dark truths of the world through my perspective
