Diminished
I'm at war,
with myself
A battle against happiness
A duel between dualities,
the bullet used is me
I have a love that's bigger than
most, but no one understands
A feeling, fleeting, lasting less
I suffocate to breathe
Have you ever loved a goddess?
Have you ever tempted fate?
Have you ever found your heaven
but turned away right at the gate?
Would you sabotage well being?
Would you "beg " for misery?
Would you stack the most precious pieces
on a ledge haphazardly?
To be so loved
by all around me
yet to feel nothing for them
I have to know the knife is sharp
I have to know my blood's not grey
I have to face the darkest nights
to perceive a light at day
Have you ever
felt so small
that you knew you'd disappear?
Have you ever watched that fear
take an inner wicked form,
tear to shreds the things you love
and leave you laughing in the storm?
No amount,
of sorrow can,
coerce a shine from tarnish
I've drank the wine
that's made of tears,
but wept upon the finish
By: Anthony Barrett
By: Anthony Barrett
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