I'm starting to like the darkness now.
I can't see myself.
I can't see what I know is going on.
Maybe I hear every little creak,
but not if I scream.
Not if I drown out everything.
So this is how it has to be
to stop feeling this way,
to stop feeling the intensity inside.
So this is how it has to be
if I'm going to stay alive.
I'm starting to like the smallness of my car
when no one is there
and I am left entirely alone.
I'm used to these tears
that I haven't seen in years,
that stream down my face almost nightly now.
So this is how it has to be
to stop feeling this way,
to control the intensity inside.
So this is how it has to be
if I'm going to stay alive.
Insatiable I guess,
but in such a mess...
The short drive back to my home.
Temporarily alone
with the tears by my side
till I'm finally inside.
My room is dark it seems
where I let out all my screams.
I guess this is how it has to be.














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My other account: =fallthrustardust
To better explain the italicized line:
As I wrote the poem, the first verse started off as just a random thought...and as I kept writing it...I was almost getting more and more angry/upset. However, the very last stanza (being the end of what was going on in my head) I calmed down... and so I took the first line from the two, I guess "choruses" if you will... and basically meant it as a calm resolve. Almost as if it was just kinda muttered under my breath as a last final statement.
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My other account: =fallthrustardust
"So this is how it has to be
to stop feeling this way,
to stop feeling the intensity inside.
So this is how it has to be
if I'm going to stay alive."
That verse really flows well in constant rhythm. It gives off a feeling of urgency. The repetition of this verse later in the poem really adds to the effect.
"I'm used to these tears
that I haven't seen in years,
that stream down my face almost nightly now."
Those lines, I can identify so well with.
This is a wonderful piece of writing overall. The little splashes of rhyme here and there give it just the perfect touch.
And yeah, I found that the lines about the tears is one that I've thought of many times before and heard people say...so I figured it would be a stanza that would be identifiable with.
Thanks again!!
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My other account: =fallthrustardust
Ah, I was just... I dunno...upset about alot of things... and so ... the only way I could stop everything that was making me upset or whatever is to just be in my own space... shut off from everything. yup...that may just make it more complicated...but I guess that's the best I can describe...on DA
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My other account: =fallthrustardust
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Loneliness doesnt require the absence of everything,
just the things you love the most, the things you need
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