Word of the Day Challenge Poem #31

***Please note this is not indicative of how I am feeling now.***

Have you ever……

tried to run from the voice in your head

the melancholy beating in time with your heart

the cesspool of venom curdling in your stomach

words

vile

coarse

flowing through your veins

replacing blood as your sustenance?

Taken pills

lifted the bottle

tried to numb the inside

facade of smiles shown to the world…..

to those who say they care…..

yet cannot see the sorrow

the pain

the anger

the sadness

permeating you.

Shroud of grey

all you want to do

is scream

is cry

is sever the life line

slash open the heart

excise the blackness

eating away at your soul.

Run as fast as you can

never look back

head straight for the exit

the one in the back……

escape is imminent

you can see the path

try to keep the hoards your back

for they will

with all their power

stop your release

sending you back

consigning you to the black mire

consigning you to sit once more

in the darkness.

©May 9/19

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