Just A Fiction
My entire sense of self
Is supplanted
By that one undefinable feeling
Of a nothingness with substance
A heavy emptiness
Filled
With a choking void
The screaming silence
Of a statue
Suffocating under glass
Even in the moment
When his hand
Struck my face
It didn’t feel real
Even in the moment
When she exposed herself
And approached me
It didn’t feel real
Nothing has ever felt real
Except the feeling of unreality
My entire life
Feels like a play
Just words in a book
Only real
When it’s read
And then quickly forgotten
The trauma downplayed
Because we both know
it’s just a fiction
Created for your entertainment
This poem is from the book, ‘A Requiem For What Could Have Been: Poetry For The Broken’.
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i drift
i drift
away from you
and
from the parts of me
that know i am drifting
only later
do i see
my wake
i hear your words
i see your pain
i know you’re suffering
logically
i realise
that you
need me
it doesn’t help
me to connect
i drift
painful realities
dissipate upon arrival
i drift
directionless
and
devoid of meaning
a raft
without a sail
oblivious to nature’s whims
i am corrupted
by
the act
of forgetting
the act
of forgetting
the pain
is saved
for later
i drift
This poem is from the book, ‘A Requiem For What Could Have Been: Poetry For The Broken’.
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Thoughts Intrude
Thoughts intrude,
Like a hammer’s blow,
Destroying the peace
I’ve cultivated.
Thoughts intrude,
Like a siren’s scream,
Stealing the attention
I’ve promised.
Thoughts intrude,
Like a threatening word,
Forcing the action
I’ve avoided.
Thoughts intrude,
Like a funeral march,
Revealing the emotions
I’ve suppressed.
Thoughts intrude,
Like a bird’s call,
Highlighting the beauty
I’ve missed.
Thoughts intrude,
Like a child’s smile,
Connecting the reality
I’ve lost.
This poem is from the book, ‘Bound To The Wings Of A Butterfly’.
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