Less Alone

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I lie awake each dreary night
Tormented by the intrusive thoughts swirling in my head
I wonder if I'm ever going to be alright,
As I toss and turn in my bed.

I think of every person who hurt me and left a wound so deep.
I wonder if they know that their words haunt me when they peacefully sleep.

I think of every person who says I am loved and hold me in their prayers and dreams.
I wonder what they'll think of all the scars, screams and blood trickling streams.

My thoughts tell me no one cares
I argue back that it isn't true but the thought does scare
Fighting with myself for long, tiresome hours.
Finally, I assent to my brain's maudlin claims and gaze at the disappearing stars.
Wishing that they would take me far away from here.
Where I could sleep a night without thinking about a blade's painful sear,
Where I could sleep without feeling many a tear
Fall drop by drop on my horrid skin
I know. This battle's not mine to win

When slumber finally takes over my body,
my dreams are filled with self loathing and hate
Of everything I embody
So I go through with the tedious wait.
To find someone who will understand the demons in my mind
The ones to which everyone is blind.
But I guess it's not my place to fault them when I hide
All the wretched thoughts society can't abide.

And now I'm left,
With the cuts on my arm,
The anguish of my mind,
The heaviness of my heart
And the weariness of my soul.

Wondering if I'll ever be less alone

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This is a very personal poem and I wrote the first draft at 1:00 am today. But much editing later, here I am.

Also the cover on top is something I spiritually relate to.


Love,
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