Painful Acquisitions

My take on writer's block...

A fatal wound with no markings.

A tender bruise the color of creamy flesh.

A throbbing hole perfectly fused together.

These are my painful acquisitions.

I hold myself...

Barely breathing... barely moving at all,

Trying to slow the heart breaking me,

Stop it completely if I can.

How much longer will I able to stand it?

This wound...This bruise...This hole,

These painful acquisitions.

Cruel and heartless, peeling me apart, one thin layer at a time,

Without the decency to leave even a small scratch,

Something for me to soothe, something for me to mourn.

You keep me unquestionably beautiful, flawless and whole.

I want to scream, but I won’t.

I want to cry, but I’ll do everything I can not to.

I want it to stop hurting.

One fractional second of blissful nothingness,

So the pain can subside and start to fade away.

Just long enough to take more than a shallow breath,

To stop curling inwards towards the black beautiful hole.

Impossible, Irrevocable, Inconsolable.

These things are mine and mine alone.

These are my painful acquisitions.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reviews

[Vinod Kumar U K]

Real experience of pain, nice work.

[Antonio Valentino]

good god Cara... this is the result of writer's block??

this is better then most when they are writing full open!

Amazing. Loved it.
Antonio

[Judy Ponceby]

Strong, painful write. I found myself cringing.

[James D Storrington]

This is really good!! Very nicely written.