Beautiful Oblvion

Beautiful Oblivion

Frozen emotions
hide you so well
taking it all away.
You look always
for a mask
to hide your constant pain.

Shields of hatred
hide you from those
who desperately want to know.
You hold everything in
refusing to let it go.

This is yours.
All you have,
All you want,
All you need.
Beautiful oblivion.

Hiding in the light
down you go -
Sinking, screaming -
It's all you know.
Teardrops have yet to grace your face.
Crying is foreign -
out of place.

You were broken inside
so long ago
you've forgotten what it is to be whole.
Silent scars tell your story -
echoes of pain
written in skin.

This is yours.
All you have,
All you want,
All you need.
Beautiful oblivion.

The wounds on your soul
lie ever-present in your eyes.
Speaking a thousand words
your lips would never dare cry.
Your soul screams-
Why can't I die?

You search for a tourniquet
something to kill the pain.
Alcohol chased it for a while,
but it never stays away.
She is now your drug of choice
but you live for her in vain.

This is yours.
All you have,
All you want,
All you need.
Beautiful oblivion.

You smile now
but she will leave you.
Cold, lonely, bitter, angry-
and the fault will be yours
Do you know what your heart is for?
Or is it yours anymore?

This is yours.
All you have,
All you want,
All you need.
Beautiful oblivion.