Mama, there's a man living in my mind
I don't know where he runs to hide
During the day, I've no way to track him down
But he lurks behind my eyes
And preys on my screams and cries
And locks the door after pulling me inside
The days move faster and the night grows slower
I'm living my teenage years growing older and older
Stuck in this senseless room
Of not knowing what to do
Or how to get used to the new you
And nightly I see shadows behind the walls
As I'm growing cold, cold, cold
And nightly I see the way that I used to be
Slowly slipping away from me
And even now I can feel intensity of it all
Staring daggers into my skin
Waiting, hoping, watching, to drag me down to fall
I see you standing there
My last glimmer of hope in the corner
Calling me to cry on your shoulder
I see you standing there
Holding my beating heart slumped over
In your arms, and I can't believe that I wrote her,
So run, run, run away
From all my lost memories
Coming down to bite me once again
Go and gather them
All my precious remedies
So I don't have to see him dead again
Those damned whispers in my ear
Striking up my deepest fears
Though he speaks of nothing of the sort
They grumble and they rise
Crawling out of their lies
To throw me over and rip me up inside
I see you standing there
My last glimmer of hope in the corner
Calling me to cry on your shoulder
I see you standing there
Holding my beating heart slumped over
In your arms, and I can't believe that I wrote her,
So run, run, run away
From all my lost memories
Coming down to bite me once again
Go and gather them
All my precious remedies
So I don't have to see him dead again
Mama, there's a man living in my mind
YOU ARE READING
As Tears Filled Up my Eyes
PoetryA collection of original poetry strung together. Each chapter is a single poem that can stand alone and does not need to be read in any particular order to be understood.
