The importance of a sentence is usually told in the sentence itself, whereas "extra" details are withheld in brackets, this poem is the exact opposite. The sentences are beautiful lies. The brackets are harsh truths and inherently of more import.
Written at 3:04 am on 05/12/2015.
© L.J. Slaferek
The Sound of Nothing What sound does Nothing make? The sound of quiet A soothing sound Or a lonely one?
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
My hopes have turned into air I simply could not care Spring is here My time is near Depression’s terrible snare
Thoughts collapse Mind full of gaps Can’t escape Pain takes shape Cuts on a wrist
There lies a wooden cabin Just big enough for one With a garden full of every colour… Growing softly, surely in the dark… With a pond to one side
center WILL HE JUMP? HE STANDS THERE WAITING
The fall is less frightening Than the ledge upon which I stand To fly like a bird is freedom To stand like a monolith to pain i… The water looks so calm below
Is it dark? Or am I blind? The spirals of encroaching night Betray the trust of the light. Shadows wail beyond the mist
Slip on the mask Can’t let them see you cry Smile through the pain Tolerate living for one more day A mask of lies
I hate smiling, Because it’s always fake. I hate laughing, Because it’s always empty. I hate this heart,
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
So cold, Why is it so cold? The air as I suck it in In gasping breaths After I have punched my knuckles…
Raging rivers of hurt Ending in Cascading waterfalls of sorrow That crash into A deep, dark lake of responsibilit…
Putz She laughed, sometimes Made me smile, a lot Raged, sometimes Made me run for the hills, occasio…