Empty words on a blank screen
Feedback from a failed confidant – useless;
Glaring at me, coercing me -
Empty;
Given warrant only by the tears I shed.
Torment, my torture, and my tears -
Precipitation of the half of me that remains,
The rest taken by the violent,
Encroaching on my dignity with the violence of a thousand words.
Voiceless to all but the voices in my head;
Voices on replay;
Recounting the blood I shed.
In tribute to those violent
Tears stained red, dripping
Dripping, dripping;
From thighs rubbed raw
and wrists now drained.
Twilight is my only friend
Tempting me to keep running,
Running, running;
Toward the welcoming promise of unbroken dreams.
Those empty words on a blank screen:
Voices flooding these broken dreams
“Useless,” they tell me.
“Useless,” the mirror echoes back to me.
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Originally posted on RateMyWords; original includes minor errors in the first and fourth from last lines (the mixing up of 'empty' and 'blank'.) Whoopsie! Haha.
Feedback from a failed confidant – useless;
Glaring at me, coercing me -
Empty;
Given warrant only by the tears I shed.
Torment, my torture, and my tears -
Precipitation of the half of me that remains,
The rest taken by the violent,
Encroaching on my dignity with the violence of a thousand words.
Voiceless to all but the voices in my head;
Voices on replay;
Recounting the blood I shed.
In tribute to those violent
Tears stained red, dripping
Dripping, dripping;
From thighs rubbed raw
and wrists now drained.
Twilight is my only friend
Tempting me to keep running,
Running, running;
Toward the welcoming promise of unbroken dreams.
Those empty words on a blank screen:
Voices flooding these broken dreams
“Useless,” they tell me.
“Useless,” the mirror echoes back to me.
---
Originally posted on RateMyWords; original includes minor errors in the first and fourth from last lines (the mixing up of 'empty' and 'blank'.) Whoopsie! Haha.