Dead eyes stare blankly into infinite space
unfocused and unblinking.
Seeing neither love nor direction.
Lost in a thoughtless eternity
of what had been
yet without faith in what was to be.
Listless.
Emotionless.
A soul swirling in a hazy mist of indecision,
falling into an unknown abyss
waiting for words to heal,
a spark to light the way.
Cut me so I can feel.
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25 comments:
You describe it well. There are times I've felt like this.
So many, nay, too many people are like this. And it's a shame too. There is always hope. Always a way out.
Powerful—especially the waiting to feel, and then taking matters into one's own hands... makes one's heart go out. Very sad. I think you capture the complexity of it well, MM
I think this perfectly describes a state I hope I'm never in again. Well said, MM.
dang monkey...this just gives me shivers...i know a few and to need that to feel just chills me...
"cut me so i feel" how many days we feel like that..numbing events leave us feeling that way and wanting for any kind of emotion...bkm
I knew a cutter once, she had direction and happiness, I think she hid her abyss well, I never knew.
powerful!
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Wow. Well written. Another tough subject to think about. I don't quite get "cutting".
Powerful.
Lisa
InspiredbyLisa
Very thought provoking. Hope I never get to that stage in my life.
We teeter there, too, right on the edge of the abyss as it pulls us in. Good poem.
I knew a girl who used to cut herself and I ask her why and she said...to feel something. Brillant MM.
A crowd I've sadly known too many members of...this one gave me a shudder, to be honest, for it reminded me rather thoroughly of high school. It is horrifying, how many dwell so close to the edge, drifting, uncertain, turning to such things for feeling...
Potent piece.
You wrote that brilliantly!
...sigh...that was beautiful. More! Encore! Encore!
The despair bursts out from your words. Excellent.
Dangerous feelings and some thing I think society sees way to often.
The thousand yard stare.
How sad... well expressed.
Very well said on a subject I'll admit I don't understand.
you wrote this so well...this is such a tough subject....the title in itself pulled no punches..cheers pete
Would you settle for a smack upside the head?
Cut it out, MM! (Not literally!)
Profound...
Here is my One Shot:
gost of a rose
"Bleed just to know you're alive..."
You nailed this one with your few, decisive phrases.
Powerful, MM. How terrible it must be to feel so dead inside, so void of feeling, that slicing into oneself seems the only answer.
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