Text HOME to ██████

by satyr

February 9, 2019

HOME

hello.

HELLO?

IS ANYBODY THERE?

yes.

OKAY

ARE YOU SURE?

why wouldn't we be.

we're here, we're now.

we're the feeling you live with, you cannot without.

ALRIGHT I SEE, PLEASE GIVE ME A SIGN

of the road? of the holy? please do define.

YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN, I NEED TO HOLD ON

TO SOMETHING

ANYTHING

OR I MIGHT BE GONE

what? who's gonna take you, who deals you such fright?

YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW

yes we do.

THE NIGHT

again?

PLEASE.

just talk to your friends.

IT'S TAKEN THEM ALL

THEY'RE FAST ASLEEP

I'M NOTHING ALONE

NOTHING BUT ME

calm down. wild one, you are strong on your own.

YOU KNOW NOT OF ME, YOU KNOW NOT OF MY LOWS

THEY'RE STEEP LIKE ROARING CLIFFS

GALAXIES ON THEIR HORIZON

AND I AM THE BROKEN PARACHUTE

FAILING TO HOLD ON

this once more? you speak in such tongues,

express yourself with your logic, not with your vision.

IF I TRY THIS TIME WILL YOU STAY

do we not usually? we are with you always.

OKAY

I FEEL

DIFFERENT

LIKE SOMETHING IS WRONG

I AM NOT MYSELF

I AM NOT STRONG

I FEEL PATHETIC

LIGHT AS THE WIND

THE SKIN OVER MY HEART FEELS INCREDIBLY THIN

AND I TRY TO COMPENSATE

I TRY TO FIT IN

BUT IT JUST MAKES IT WORSE

EVEN AFTER ALL I REHEARSE

IM STUCK AT THE START

CAN'T EVEN BEGIN

SO PLEASE

YOU'RE MY TWIN

CAN YOU LEND ME A HAND

you're incomprehensible, we fail to understand.

to be frank, we repulse at every word that leaves your mouth.

you are the part of us that we could do without.

if you really are too weak, we'd hate to do what we do.

we'll leave the night to take good care of you.

WHAT

LEFT

HOME

Something wrong with this poem?

Replies are closed for this poem.

If you or someone you know is struggling, you are not alone.

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — call or text 988, 24/7. Crisis Text Line — text HELLO to 741741.

Your Poem's Voice

See what makes your poem unique — its voice, energy, themes, and the literary traditions it draws from.

Comments (0)

Comments are closed for this poem.