Tainted Mind

 

 

You bite your lip and keep your story untold,

and secrets are walls put up to keep us alone.

An inner bleeding that's left unknown,

a prideless life is all that you own.

Things go hidden, you refuse to reveal,

unravel your past because the present is real.

The lies you live off were never yours to take,

and to rob them silently was all your mistake.

Tears soak the pages, it's too much to write down,

as you walk away from innocence and cry with no sound.

Cuts bleeding through clothing, plastic smile fading,

gamble your life, your inner demons are waiting.

Inject rebellion like a drug into your skin,

because dying a little inside is the only way to win.

Face your ghosts and walk away to your flames,

move along to the next person, you know scars don't heal the same.

Close the book and keep your lips shut tight,

don't tell a soul and run away into the night.

Offer out your sanity, it's theirs for the taking,

tell them that you're fine though you're quite obviously shaking.

Lie through your teeth and hide the pain stirring inside,

but when you come face to face with yourself, that's when you can't hide.

Shake your head because there's nothing left you can say,

ignore the truth as you slowly walk away.

Reviews

[Numb]

Amazing piece, truly was. Only downside was that it was a tad hard to read, but that really made me focus, which drew me farther into the words.
I can't quite give a favorite line, because I pretty much loved the whole thing ^^
But if I had to choose, it would be these four lines:

"Cuts bleeding through clothing, plastic smile fading,
gamble your life, your inner demons are waiting.
Inject rebellion like a drug into your skin,
because dying a little inside is the only way to win."

Excellent job.

~N~

[thatbryngirl]

just incredible...

[Tim]

The deep hidden pain lies within but must be faced by it's possessor. We all must face some demons but some handle it differently. And sometimes that means self-destruction. Drip by drip, Lie by lie. Until the truth must be faced. Well done Beth.

[TadKent]

Incerdible.
"Offer out your sanity, it's theirs for the taking". Favorite line.

[Keleki]

Wow amazing poem! i loved it!
very deep it all just flows together so well!

[deeps]

Cuts bleeding through clothing, plastic smile fading,
gamble your life, your inner demons are waiting.
Inject rebellion like a drug into your skin,
because dying a little inside is the only way to win.

I so loved these lines here,
This is amazing. I like the emotion.