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Can't You See Me Yet?

Last night, I dreamt that I was hollow.  
So empty,  
That I became transparent.  
 
Full of nothing but air,  
I stood there, clear like glass.  
You could see right through me.  
 
I felt my organs slowly disintegrate,  
Decaying into dust,  
Taking my identity with them.  
 
I swallowed and my chest came to grief,  
Ribs breaking in,  
Imploding into a deep, empty cavity.  
 
With the breeze, my skin fell off like a glove,  
Puddling around my ankles.  
Just sitting in its own self pity.
 
Then with all my courage, I stepped out of my bones.  
I left them there to gather.  
And at last, then I stood alone.  
 
I turned to watch my flesh crawl away,  
Fleeing to any safety in sight,
To hide from who I have become.  
 
It seems as though,  
No one truly knows  
What’s really under my mask.  
 
Understand that I am full of demons,  
And you don’t see the grueling war,  
That I fight inside of my mind.
 
I am full of darkness.  
I have become lost within this maze,  
Looking to break the surface of nothing but pitch black.
 
So here I am,  
Bare and clean.  
Please, darling, look at what I can do.  
 
I can create my own light,  
And I always try to closely follow the stars  
That pour from the center of my palms.  
 
But I can’t hold them long enough,  
For me to make a wish,  
So they just slip away between my fingers.  
 
I am, indeed, infinite  
Bold,  
But not seen.  
 
I’m trying to show you  
What I can be.  
I am bleeding brightness for you to believe.  
 
I’m screaming now,  
Please someone listen.  
I fear that I will burn out soon.  
 
I plead for help,  
No one heard,  
No even glanced.  
 
And then, my moment ends.
I fade to just a glimmer.
With one last blink, unfortunately, I fizzled out.
 
I was a supernova,  
And this was my beautiful explosion.  
I have finally been set free.
 
It was so beautiful,
I confronted the real me.
However, I was alone, no one else could even see.
 
Last night, I dreamt that I was invisible,  
My mother walked right through me.  
I blinked my eyes, then suddenly, I no longer existed.  
 
I’m not real?
I’m not here!
I've become nothing but a ghost...  
 
But, believe me, I WILL haunt them all.  
Only until they open their eyes,  
And see what I truly was!  
 
Sadly, now I am all around you,
Surrounding you,  
Shining the brightest I've ever been.  
 
The time has come, dear,  
Open your eyes.  
I'm standing right in front of you.  
 
Deep breaths,
Now look ahead,
I'm right here!  
 
....Can't you see me?
Written by TaywerHolt (Euphoric Lotusland)
Published | Edited 24th Jun 2014
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