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Shiloh Feb 2013
trying to quiet the whispers in my mind
cannot distinguish them from the night
if I said I was happy I would be lying
you want me to try hard, but I'm hardly trying
so many pieces of me scattered I have lost sight
you will find me wherever the dark lies

I am no longer what you think of as okay, just ask the sharp blade
the path you laid out for me I have long since strayed
digging myself deeper, all that is me will now fade
the pain only growing stronger, knowing who I have betrayed
knowing you don't know me, but the person I portray
it was all a big mistake, but I know you are afraid and I can't blame you

I'm driving myself crazy with all my hollow tendencies
trying to bury my rage, but I am just endlessly pretending
time is running out, leaving me restlessly pacing
counting down the minutes, I should die eventually  
that's what I find myself hoping for, it should make you smile especially
it doesn't matter, I never amounted to what you wanted me to be

you were always saying how that was all you wanted.
not to worry, when I go I will stay long gone.
whether I'm alive or dead you will forever be haunted.
and you have to live with what you did every waking dawn.
save for the nightmares, without you my life has been better than I had ever imagined.
without me you cry every time you hear that song.

falling asleep is a constant battle
I lose myself so strongly in remembering
that I forget to take a step back
the walls I've built are now a castle
the air so fresh I can finally breathe
my peace and serenity are a matter of fact
Shiloh Dec 2012
falling too far back into things that I can only ever remember
my trust is gone, let down by everything I have known, including myself
I always pay attention to the dark side of things
because until now I have never fully understood
those around us are our mirrors
I take everything at face value
seeing myself as what they see me
but they are the ones that can't see past themselves
well I, for one, am finished.
I choose not to reflect that which is reflected upon me.
I choose to transmit all the good in myself which has yet to be revealed.
this ending month will be my new year
I will make all my wrongs right
I will be who I am meant to be
I will rip apart all the parts of me that are not shaping me and inspiring me to do better
you can always do better, no matter who you are, change is consistent
it is the only constant in your life, along with your life.
I love and I am loved.
that is all.
Shiloh Oct 2012
lost
confused
stumbling
corrupt
carving myself out raw
with my ***** fingernails
hurt
betrayed
no trust
no respect
for anyone
no one bothers to try to earn mine
hiding
constantly running
with no end
no plan
no ideas
no thoughts
in sight
gotta be quick
gotta keep those secrets
let anything slip
slow down for just a moment
then they pounce
they punch
pushing and crushing
what you have
what you are
it doesn't matter
how hard you try
to cross that bridge
that has been there for so long
its broken
has no bottom
barely connected
to the other side
you can see straight down
straight to nothing
if they find you
if they see even a glimpse
of what you have become
it won't matter
all that matters
is that they want it for themselves
they will grab you
hold you down
make it so you can't be in your mind
you have to leave yourself
so you don't think about
how you can't feel your arms, your legs
when you try to feel all that's left is pain
that makes you blind
so all you see is
straight to nothing
chaos
destruction
screaming
the whisper of death
ringing in your ears
****** knives
scratchy ropes
squeezing tighter, tighter
air is life
but with control
so easily taken away
with power
decisions whether to live or die
cracked
dusty
broken
crawling
for so long
****** knees
but with not even a breeze
of air to breathe
to blow away
all I wish I could forget
all that's left are ashes
Shiloh Oct 2012
I try
then I try again
walking these paths of stone
with my bare feet
no one else should be here
it has been years
since I have seen a single soul
all I hear anymore
is the creak of the abandon
in the midnight wind
I can't remember
the last time
I saw the sun
but it doesn't matter
I still walk the paths
in search for her
her screams still ringing in my ears
like it had been the day before
I have to save her
but I don't even know
if she is still alive
I've begun to lose my hope
my faith had kept
with the blooming flowers
purple so bright
you could swear they were
emitting their own sunlight
but so much time has passed
without a beam of flame
I have looked everywhere
and I swear
the last tear has fallen down my face
my faith has hidden with those flowers
the air is too chilled
to believe in fairytales
everything worth remembering
I took
and hid
far away from here
so far I'm barely able to remember
but I could never forget
those startling brown eyes
and that incessant need
to find something to laugh about
I never sleep
knowing if I do
I could miss my chance
I endlessy watch
over everything
constantly walking
forever listening
ignoring my own pain
the lonely isn't so bad
residing in myself
its within everything else
that hurts so much
the houses, this town
the flickering streetlamps
the flight of some piece of trash
night after night
I hide in the shadows
because that is all that is left
one foot in front of the other
one day
if I can hope to see the day again
I will have better things to think about
Shiloh Sep 2012
Muddled, confused, dark... its getting difficult to sleep
cracked, dried up and lost, the air blows away the dust that makes me
the chaos and destruction that lies within my mind
I sort out through the voices that tell me everything is fine
on my hands and knees I crawl through the smoke
I keep going even though I know life is just some big joke
with nobody on my side still I tremble on
finding no reason to keep living, most of my essence gone
as I take my last breath, just as I'm about to call it quits,
a flare of the brightest light bursts through all my ****** up ****
my instinct is to run, anything so bright usually burns
I never thought with even a flicker of recognition it could finally be my turn
the rock that falls off the cliff finds it hard to realize
where it's going until it gets there, but with time sees everything through new eyes
now that I have finally fallen, and the dust is settling,
the air around me lifts me higher, I cant imagine where it will bring me
Air is the answer, it makes even the smallest things take flight
to you I owe my everything, my heart, my soul, my life
my love in its most truest form, my strength, my power
even if we are both extremely raw, I'm ready to bloom until we flower
Shiloh Dec 2009
Things are winding down now,
I can see it clearly
I never meant to be like this
It's not who I am, not really.
You told me so many things
That I now see as lies,
But when I try to tell you
You just desensitize.
I'm somehow really good at
Messing everything up,
But I always try to be a good person
Even though I should just shut up.

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