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Contortion


Contortion

Is it so completely wrong to crave silence

Stability

Stillness

Because the sullen fact is that

My life is filled with

Manipulated words twisted into some vile anamorphosis

Torrents of unpleasant emotion, and

Unending drama that rampages my mind like a tornado

Reaching into my soul and tearing me slowly apart

Into little bits of paper that will soon blow away in the breeze

Far before I will ever make peace with myself

And though I laugh on the outside

To tell you the truth

I’m crying on the inside

And every time you demean me

I look for a place to hide

To escape the pain

I cover it up,

By trying to find someone

Someone to understand me

But every time I assume I’ve found emotional stability

It just takes a little time

For you to hurt me all over again

And why do I let you?

I just don’t know.