For mom

I have a secret that has a bigger secret
And for so long until now I can't keep it
It’s my foil to the tragic story of my history
It is neither a he nor she
It keeps me up and alert through the lonely nights
It keeps me from speaking by closing up my pipes
So that I don’t scream for help
The beauty is that this secret tries to tell me that I’m safe
And that all the pain I felt (pause) is gone…
Their fingers of cold isolation is my apparent sanctuary
But for the spot where I’m standing, I’m trapped
These fingers I tried to escape, like a prisoner of her thoughts
I’ve had this secret for so long people see me and asked “why has she not snapped?”
BUT TRUST ME I DID
I mean I tried but instead of trying harder I quit…
I once said that a clock could never be stopped
But mine did, my time ran out, my time is still,
I became so distant that I completely fell off the grid
Of all the control of myself and my sanity I have left it is very little
I only have a fake smile and a mask that reads “NO TRUST ME I’M FINE” smiley face
But where did this all start, what’s the trace, the place, the DEGRACE
That put me where I am in right now.
Short story short is…
I lost so much in such a small time, I can’t become attached
Where I can’t feel anymore, I’m numb from my heart to my mind
I hurt so much at such a young age that my heart has no love of any kind
That’s my secret,
But there is more that still keeps me in constant pain,
That drives me insane, that one day I thought about opening up a vein,
So that I could see that there was anything that was actually keeping me alive
But before I did there, was something inside that began to thrive
A pump of life…
Goodnight.

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Shealani424

This poem is about how getting out of a toxic relationship is hard and can cause someone to lose all of their sanity. From personal experiences it feels like you try to leave but you some how keep coming back. As well as I titled this poem For Mom because I wanted my mother to feel that she wasn't alone in feeling this pain many men and women have around the world.

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