Burn Notice
ya got any more of them uh ... subtitles?
i wasn't ignoring you
just wasn't answering your calls
then i checked myself
to see what you’d taken
i can't trust myself enough
to tone down the emotions
to a level that is less than dull enthusiasm
that is acceptable by you
everything hurts
it burns from the outside in
everything is numb
it burns from the inside out
i feel the nothing
in everything i feel
it's all so fucking fake
and all too fucking real
i have a legion of thoughts
yet i cannot think
no connections
no link
and right on the tip of my tongue
are the words i do not wish to speak
i swallow them
as i swallow my pride
and both stick in my throat
this is not my imagination
this is not a dream
this isn't a cry for help
this is a fucking scream
you've stolen my dreams
taken the light
you've thrown me to the darkness
to the wolves, the cold and the night
i wasn't ignoring you
just needed more time
for you to see
what's right
it wasn't me
that started this thing
but it has to be you
that ends it
it hurts me as i do this
but you have to understand
you didn’t think i’d work it out
and that wasn't part of your plan
About the Creator
Bren
"It's just a token of my extreme!" - Frank Zappa
"Cause it's all in the heat of the moment It's all in the pain!!!" - Devin Townsend
Centre Stage with the wonderful Heather Hubler
I'm writing it out not acting in doubt!
The steps to losing a child
Step One: Lose a child. Not what anyone wants to happen and nothing you can do to change it, but you can go through steps to becoming happy again. You can go through steps to loving again. You can go through steps to become a new you because after losing a child you will never be the same person you once were.
By Tabitha Hinkley4 days ago in Fiction
Comments (5)
Ooh! As always, your rhythm is PERFECT and it's just a joy to read, Brenton. Bravo! I can feel everything in this poem and yet I sense it's still restricted, even with the vent that it is.
An eloquent lash. Your cadence never fails to resonate!
Wow so deep and profound. Excellent poem, you didn’t swallow your words this time.
Wow. Awesome work Brenton. This digs into the psyche with a claw hammer.
Been there. Multiple times. Well done, I totally felt this.