Death
Death for me
Is a pleasant dream
My soul is spilling
Dark ink seeping
Out of every crack
In my broken heart
It isn’t heartbreak
This is emptiness
Full encompassing emptiness
Like an arid desert
Or the moon in the sky
This is the emptiness of a glass
A child knocks over
Playing with toys
Every vein in my body screams
It feels like I’ve swallowed
An oceans worth of salt water
Thoughts like razor blades
Shallow cuts all over me
Letting the ink seep
Out into the world
Is this the end?
Oh how I hope so
The ink is drowning me
It’s not long now
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