Submissions by Diedre

Words
Have haunted me since birth;
Gave breath to my name.
Have devoured me;
Drove me insane.
Have forsaken me;
In the drought of my inspiration
They wish me to explain...

I could not.

I bleed black
Ink on innocent pages
With a hand wielding a sword
Much sharper than the tongue
And much smaller than a gun
Yet cyanide when consumed...
-Did warriors ever cut their own
Hearts out when trying to enter
That of another?-

But

To live without words weaves the thin blue symmetrical lines into the threads...

These wretched visions inside my head
Portray the sadness of a life mislead.
Melodic lullabies seem to wake the dreams
Of silent nights wrapped in anguished screams.
I swallow the words, however bitter they may be
But hollow tears falling- the world will never see.

My dreams have become my own reality
My sorrow, my misery.
I no longer fear the shadows that surround me
But dread the darkness that lies within my soul
It's sick;
It's a vile thing
But the hatred is what I find comfort in
The endless torture makes me me whole.

Days...