Literature
Sunset on the Soul
Dying inside...
feels like a myriad of embers blistering,
scorching away from the inside,
slowly rising from the depths of consciousness
as the realization strikes;
hitting hard against the already present
subconscious bruises.
Pressure building...
like steam in a ventless room.
Choking and sputtering
for the unattainable air.
Watching the silvery steam
taking ghostly forms;
Hauntingly beautiful,
yet deadly as arsenic.
Eyes close ...
All the colors fade away;
dark and cold,
stillness, surrender.
Shut away all emotions,
torn to ribbons,
falling like stars
out through the dissonance
that is; has become
dead quiet...
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