Breakdown


from the ABC set 2011

The smell of Kent
Failed to bring me to life,
I felt almost nothing, kept silent like dead.
The poisoned blade
Of a sharp kitchen knife
Was bound to cut me, I dropped it instead.

It wasn't meant
To take place then, alas,
My memories, lurking, denied suicide.
My guise would fade
In a half-empty glass
And you would not even find out I died.

My swollen pride
Was revealed in my eyes,
Yet weakness was hidden behind my eyelids.
I stayed awake
To the gloomy sunrise,
It haunts me at moments when consciousness bleeds.

My other side
Is still craving for life;
These tough contradictions make up my true core.
Just one mistake
Fights the urge to survive
Or live ever after like never before?

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Comments

ScoZen | August 11, 2011 - 19:40

A sad tale you portray.

"...The poisoned blade
Of a sharp kitchen knife..."

And going back to your 09 writing "Invisable Scars"

"...The blades of your hands..."

I am pleased to read from this tale "...Was bound to cut me, I dropped it instead..."