Lonely for a feeling
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You were left short
The bill came too late
When you tried to pay too early.
Iām so lonely for a feeling
I donāt understand
Iām so tired for that feeling
Iām
So afraid of what it can bring
Why do I have to worry
And feel so much
When it comes to such a latent sort of death
No head shot, itās a tumor growing inside,
So very, very small and slow
It pinches at you
It leaps into your thesis
Of pain
But you cannot experiment with it,
It looks like a sad child
And swims like an Olympic champion
And blips on the radar only long enough to make a paranoid impression
Iām so scared
For that feeling
Iām so lonely knowing we all know it,
Every single one of us,
But pretend it is only a matter of time
A phase
Of anti-matter in a collapsing pit of split atoms and white hot stars.
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Comments (6)
Wow this blew me away
This is very beautiful and evocative and heartful. One of the best poems I've read in a while.šAnneliese
Lonely for a feeling or feeling lonely? Is there a difference? Stabbing Westward, from the song Save Yourself, always summarized it best for me: "If I must be lonely, I think I'd rather be alone." You scale and mix and match metaphor so effectively, and the description of this feeling like a sad child swimming in a great sea, only detectable by radar! Indeed, the waters of emotion would drown it if it weren't such a great swimmer!
It looks like a sad child And swims like an Olympic champion Omgggg these lines were so deep! Loved your poem Merly!
Would it be safe to say that I've got this sinking feeling & a slowly splitting headache which no one can even see without observing for a very long while?
This is wonderful. This right here "looks like a sad child And swims like an Olympic champion And blips on the radar only long enough to make a paranoid impression." Damn. That's quite a vision. Well done.