Each breath;
an icy cold blizzard
Burns through my skin
like a thunderbolt
Each noise
which escapes these fragile lips
An inch of hope
past this destruction
We built fresh
what we could never keep
We mantain dreams
we know we will never fulfill
I try to pretend it wasn't my fault
They are the ones who
deemed me incomparable
to this dreaded society
I try to pretend they created this
this person I can't stare in the mirror at
Without seeing grey bittersweat sorrow
hidden between teardrop cheeks
And easily swayed eyes
No one stops to watch me
Or sees me on the stairs
This invisibility was my creation
When the realization hit me
Like an apple atop my skull
We all endure pain
We all wake up each day
To face the rising sun
Of a new day not yet begun
You ask a question
Simple, meaningless, forgotten
And we delve on to cry another night
In this failure we call
My life
My ageless memories
Which endure past time
And selfcontrol
We change and manage through our days
But I still wonder if I am the only one
Who remembers the smiles
We used to keep hidden on
The expressionless faces
Gaunt and frozen
Significant and burning
A hole through our flesh
Like a lightening bolt of hope. |
Submission Name: The eye of the Storm
