Not Again (Poem)

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Now my art is full of red


And my mind is full of blue


Tonight I lie awake in bed


Asking myself what to do


Yeah, my heart aches,


But I'm not bleeding anymore


I can accept my mistakes


Feeling sober forevermore


That doesn't mean I don't want to


You bet I still want to bleed again


But I know it'll hurt them


Yet I want to feel physical pain


I want to break the cycle now


Of digging blades into my skin


I need to cope somehow


With these shadows within


I don't want to beg for help


So don't expect me to surrender


I can handle this myself


And I'll keep at it forever


I won't break this time


I can't let myself fall


I'll speak in rhythm and rhyme


I won't let this be my downfall


No, I won't let it happen again.

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