1~ Loneliness, P.M
I close my eyes
And contemplate;
What a clichéd thing to say!
I feel alone
Despite people
And the way they fill
The city around me –
I cannot escape their watching eyes
No matter how hard I try;
Loneliness is a state of mind.
2~ Flickers, P.M
This life
Flickers all about
Like this lighter
I once held in my
Shaky, guilty hands.
This life
Flickers through the clouds
Watch as you fly through them.
You close your eyes to sleep
And the night turns away from you.
This life
Goes by quick.
Study, jobs, marriage –
You can't monitor it,
Like everything else
It will leave you.
This life
Just a lonely flicker
A heartbeat in time
Our veins suffer
But we still breathe.
3~ We all feel it, P.M
Have I gone mad?
Is this insanity?
Maybe;
But all I ever did
Was stop pretending to be happy
Stop pretending that everything was okay
It's hard to lie to yourself
Every single waking day.
We try to silence these feelings
To paint out the words
Forming on the flesh of the tongue
Of lonely souls and outcasts.
Trying to hide that feeling
We all feel it
We all feel it
Insanity seems beautiful
When it's not common
Not incredible
When you meet the others
Who whisper to you
In dark alleyways
And in the dreams
We all feel it.
4~ Alight, P.M
My mind is a match
Eternally close
To setting alight
My pale uneven body.
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PoesiaPoems about life in general as a young adult with Bipolar Disorder I, Psychosis, and a dark past