Fragile Dreams

I thought I had it all figured out.

Knew the way and holding onto the day.

When I leave this town and make this life my own.

But nothing is ever as it seems, the waves collapsed and crashed

Unto my very being, I couldn’t control it, I couldn’t face it,

I was deemed before the questioning eyes,

A victim of my fragile dreams,

And as I spoke,

A thousand sighs echoed in my mind,

Sending strokes of transparent paint throughout the empty times

Of memories long past and love that couldn’t last,

I unwrapped my rib cage to unveil my still-beating heart,

But I soon realized I could never play this part,

Right from the start, I remember the moment,

When time stood still and crumbled before the windowsill,

My skin decays a little everyday when I still hold onto my despairing ways.

All that is unspoken surrounds my loosely packaged frame,

and I know the animosity will never fade as long as these words stay.    

These things will be the death of me,

They move in sync, they keep me here,

To rot away in fear,

These bones are starting to bind together in time.

And I finally see

Please listen to me when I say,

“Take this noose,

Tie it tightly around your mind,

Suffocate all the things that bind,

And kill the voices inside,

The bullets in the burning breeze,

The dreary desires hiding behind your smiles,

The blurred pills only conceal,

Fading faces can no longer feel,

Save yourself from this isolation,

Fight it, ignite it,

Never be afraid to untie the ropes from your brain.”    

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wow, what a great piece, Twiggy...the notion that we have everything figured out becomes unraveled as we start that journey our minds..and I love the image of strangling the haunts of the mind util they are no longer there, leaving us with a fighting chance...in a stark and brutal way, this is a great motivational piece or writing that leave one with the taste of hope...love it...great writing, my friend...