Fireworks of Poison

I feel weaker by the minute

Yet the clock never just stands

I'll feel the harsh tenderness leave me

As my body grows cold in your warm hands

 

I lay in my bed

Of heaving and shifting emotion

Here's a wave of joy

Slapping on the beach of depression 

Fire surrounds me

Hurry and fetch some oil

Whilst I swallow cinders

Around my neck, a burning coil

 

My mind is killing me

Penetrate it with a knife

Twist it. Jerk it.

Trust me, I'll be fine

The temptation to end it all

Is so sweet

Like candies and honey

From a childhood dream

A great phantom weight

Tightening and tightening

My temples endure

Stifling and stifling

Choke. Die.

Won't. Cry.

The words have come and gone

I won't be there.

 

- Ritvij