Poetry of Love and Pain

Condemned to the Dark

I dwell within the darkness
So much that it's become my home
But the difference between this one and the one I was born into
Is that I actually feel safe in this home
No hands to be swung at me
No blades to pierce my skin
Only the self sustaining sound of my beating heart
Even though I know I'm safe inside this house of darkness
It still pains me to know that being stuck here is the only thing keeping me from killing myself
I am certain that the minute I step foot back out of this place the pain will reveal itself once more
So I hide here
But that doesn't stop the memories
I'm still left here
Haunted by the notion that I was hurt in the first place
And that the moment I move
I'll be hurt once again