I'm picking up

       What you're putting down

                   You didn't have to throw

                                     it

                                     at

                                     me.

half way to paradise
half way to hell

a right turn here
a left turn there

love is radical
a choice made.

it’s sad to say
that nowadays
a smile
is more often
used
to hide depression
rather than
express
happiness.

You-
An invisible force.
Shaping my world,
Without a word or any remorse.

You asked me for love, I gave you faith.
And then you shut the gate.
So please, I beg,
Stay away.
And just like the moon shines bright in the night,
Try not to ruin my day.

we cant sit
and stare at our wounds
forever
we need to heal,
it starts somewhere
it takes a toll on you
but
we need to heal.

when the lights go out,
i am swallowed by nothingness.
it settles like a blanket over me,
but it is heavy.

the world becomes gaps and blanks.
my mind fills them.
it paints them with my worst fears;
murderers monsters, you.
you come alive in the dark.
you lurk in the corners,
waiting for the moment
i blink.

but the images don’t move.
they are stagnant-
still, yet smothering,
seeping into skin
and squeezing the breath from my chest.

i say im scared of the dark,
but truly,
i fear the corners of my mind.
and what they birth.
when im alone long enough,
to let them speak.

When the world shatters, piece by piece,
Each shard too lost—if found, too heavy to seize.
Life becomes a wasteland, where joy’s just a trace,
So numb… even sorrow wears a human face.