I can run from anything and everything, except from my own mind...


Numb

i am never sure how it begins
---his arms around me? mine around him?---
but there we stand, locked together

his hands thread through my hair
fingers seeking my face, hungrily
sliding up my back

his touch is oppressive, overpowering

his breath on my neck hot as
sheet metal in july

coming ragged and harsh through
desperation-clenched teeth

his lips seek to conquer my skin
insistent, demanding

i want him to succeed

---but at what? why do i feel so
removed from all of this...

i can feel it, see it happening,
i kiss him back; i drag my palms
across his straining shoulder blades

but somehow it means nothing
somehow it doesn't matter

i stand there and let it all happen
detatched and floating through my own world
letting him pursue his futile conquest
allowing him to think he's burrowing inside me

when really i am far away
and drifting farther yet
when really his tender caresses
fall upon an empty shell

a hollow temptress
that's all i am
i want him closer but something blocks him out

a curtain beaded with misery lies
locked inside my head:

pulsing with malice, it wraps around my existence
torturing me with uncertainty and shame

it falls upon me with the cold fury of some alien beast
shattering my passion for life, freezing me
until i am nothing but a broken little girl
seeking whatever warmth i can find

anything to let me believe i
might somehow be loved

even if my heart is too numb now to love back




Words by Sun.Moon.Stars.Rain
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Written on 2008-10-07 at 02:53

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Morgan Cellohead
Wow, this is incredible. I envy your ability to use just the right words to convey the most powerful feelings. This, my friend, is talent. I'm sorry about the actually meaning though.
2008-10-10


nature
Wow this is deep i can relate. I am really touched by this piece
you bring words to life. keep writing
2008-10-07


TubaGiant
awww
I'm sure your heart will get better
we can do marvels today's world
2008-10-07


Aurora
this reminds me of Kathy's poem
they both make me sad
I'm sorry
2008-10-07