Who claimed endings couldn't be beautiful?
Written at 3:47 am on 08/16/2015.
© L.J. Slaferek
Raging rivers of hurt Ending in Cascading waterfalls of sorrow That crash into A deep, dark lake of responsibilit…
center WILL HE JUMP? HE STANDS THERE WAITING WILL HE TURN BACK? HE LOOKS DOWN
Thoughts collapse Mind full of gaps Can’t escape Pain takes shape Cuts on a wrist
Where do I go Where do I run When each breath means pain The pain of going on Which is far worse than
My hopes have turned into air I simply could not care Spring is here My time is near Depression’s terrible snare
They scream He cries She laughs Sound can be a powerful thing Songs can touch the heart
Why me? What am I? Where do I belong? When did it get this bad? Questions that I cannot answer
When you’re too tired to feel Too numb to care When there’s no one there To hold you close The Darkness obliges
Clear (Blurred) thoughts Crystal (Glazed) vision Fluffy (Misty tears) cloud Joy (Blood) boils up Heart soars (off a cliff)
Your inability to see What’s killing me Endlessly This is my destiny A loop of death
There is a beautiful glade Covered in white roses Shimmering in the sunlight Ranks of tall trees with golden le… Surround the glade
The smile hides the tears The laugh conceals the pain The jokes save them from his suffe… “I’m fine” he says “I’m okay” he says
I regret Leaving them behind Saying goodbye One last time– I regret
What is hope without hopelessness? Love without hate? There is a balance ‘but’ I feel no balance
What is the surest way to kill a m… A man strong of body Murder his soul Take his meaning Tear it to shreds of