I hope I’m different
Just a little different
In the morning
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I hope I’m different
Just a little different
In the morning
Warm life runs beyond
Horizons unreachable
Starless nightmares cold
Disconnect, alone
Weighing down others’ lips
Fear will save me now
Silence pervasive:
Battlefield spread before me
Sunrise glints sharply
Something is different now.
The whispering voice isn’t quite the same.
One day I may be just so tired of these return trips
I’ll just be done with it…
Right now it’s just a distant memory
As if long gone, but I know better
So now is the time to arm myself
Choose the weapons, don the armour
Smiling all the while, enjoying this time…
Understanding friendship is an ongoing process
Even at this age, apologetic for my ignorance
I stumble and trip…
Since you climbed in here over a decade ago
The world is different
My world is different
Your existence colours everything I see around me
outer façade
still / calm / steady / slow
layers down
vibrating / tight / tense / echoing
layers down down
screaming / hurting / bleeding / suffocating
layers down down down down
nothing left
October 9, 2024
I miss those lullabies!