Bleed

by Obscure   Feb 24, 2020


I am quite capable
of bleeding on my own
I don't need your remarks
to feel like I'm alone

And though your words cut deep
You know I do not need their help
They just sing me to sleep
And deepen wounds I made myself

My thoughts already crumble
any hope I might have known
Your words are merely kindling
And this flame burns hot and slow

I know myself much better
Than a stranger from my past
Which is why I'm sure my fetters
Ever hold me strong and fast

You seek for my destruction
But you have a rival here
And I've got a strange advantage
Sitting right between my ears

See there's ways I can escape you
But I can't escape my mind
Concocting new and better hurts,
Endless toiling overtime

Don't waste your mental functions
Trying to cause me misery
I've already got a stronger foe
Who can silence all my pleas

I have held myself a prisoner
And I never can be freed
So I'm sending you this message
I don't need you to bleed

- Obscure
© 2020

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  • 3 years ago

    by Mr. Darcy

    "I don't need you to bleed"
    ^
    You are stronger than your foe, their attempts to "cause you misery" will, undoubtedly, cause them harm.

    This verse did make me smile:

    You seek for my destruction
    But you have a rival here
    And I've got a strange advantage
    Sitting right between my ears

  • 4 years ago

    by Jack Nightengale

    This was a very strong piece.
    The third stanza really hits home for me.
    Wonderfully written.
    Nominated

  • 4 years ago

    by Star

    This is powerful!!
    and the title is so sad.

    Sometimes we can’t control our minds and we go to darker uglier places with it.

    I wish you the best :)

    • 4 years ago

      by Obscure

      Thank you so much! I really appreciate your comments

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