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Settle Down
I close my eyes and I see nothing
I reach out and I feel nothing
I take this blanket of pure emptiness and I wrap it tight around me
So tight that I can't breathe and that's fine by me
I don't want to feel what I know is there
I don't want to see what I know is there
It's hiding behind every corner in my mind
It knows just how unsteady I am
That it would destroy me
I need to feel absolutely nothing
Free of feeling and sight
Devoid of memories that would send me spiraling down
I can feel the tears streaming down my cheeks
But I don't know what they're for
I can hear the lie in my heart
But it's savin' me
The nothingness that's enveloping me, choking me
Then suddenly I'm gasping for breath
My eye's snap open and the flood gates start
I can feel the pain in my very bones
But I dare not whisper the truth
I open my eyes and I see everything
I reach out and I feel everything
There's a wild and desperate hope that I'll be okay
The truth shall set me free
But, oh, I'm not ready
So un-steady
I can hear the lie in my heart
I close my eyes and hold my arms to the side
and I settle
I settle down
I reach out and I feel nothing
I take this blanket of pure emptiness and I wrap it tight around me
So tight that I can't breathe and that's fine by me
I don't want to feel what I know is there
I don't want to see what I know is there
It's hiding behind every corner in my mind
It knows just how unsteady I am
That it would destroy me
I need to feel absolutely nothing
Free of feeling and sight
Devoid of memories that would send me spiraling down
I can feel the tears streaming down my cheeks
But I don't know what they're for
I can hear the lie in my heart
But it's savin' me
The nothingness that's enveloping me, choking me
Then suddenly I'm gasping for breath
My eye's snap open and the flood gates start
I can feel the pain in my very bones
But I dare not whisper the truth
I open my eyes and I see everything
I reach out and I feel everything
There's a wild and desperate hope that I'll be okay
The truth shall set me free
But, oh, I'm not ready
So un-steady
I can hear the lie in my heart
I close my eyes and hold my arms to the side
and I settle
I settle down
Published 23rd Nov 2010
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23rd Nov 2010 11:52pm
25th Nov 2010 00:05am
24th Nov 2010 5:56pm
i love it its got deep meaning feeling great flow of words yet u know you have a deep understanding of this poem but i love the secretness of it that ur trying to keep from the audience
25th Nov 2010 00:05am
