Nails Scratch the Floorboards

I never want to ask 

another soul just what they feel 

when they turn off all the lights 

and have only themselves to blame. 

Let’s do that thing we do 

when you ask me what’s the matter �"  

then again you never do, 

even when you say goodbye. 

I am nothing to me,

an incandescent light bulb

broken underfoot, 

as if bleeding hearts make sense. 

I see you stand like everybody,

laugh like everybody,

and be like all the people �" 

just let me die here by myself. 

I never want to ask another person 

how they feel down in the dark 

when someone flips on all the lights 

and sees them naked on the ground. 

Reviews

[Shimmerbliss/CAF]

I am so moved by your style and your words. To me, this speaks so much of pain and loss, self-doubt and feeling unimportant. When you have felt this pain, you know, and you would not want to ask someone how it feels because it is too horrible to remind them. You are so talented.

[UnendingOceans]

Thank you very much. :)

[Shimmerbliss/CAF]

You're most welcome. - Claire