Thrash. Ponder. Beat.

By K_Love


It often goes unnoticed.
Like the cocooned monster wrapped in spider webs in my stomach.
And just when you hurt most, it decided it has a heart.
To beat. To thrash. To ponder.



Everything you thought your life was, it breaks it down to nothing.




A monster.
Thinking and rethinking the possibilities to every situation that happened years ago.
And I’m often left crossed-legged on my bed.
Staring at the dark walls in a room too small for so many thoughts.





And the arteries that keep me bound together unravel the aches of every sentence.





I crash every so often when it becomes too much.
The sensitivity of everything isn’t numb to me anymore.
And it was those past couple of days I ended up under the covers in your bed.
While you held me, you held a monster.




And every inch of me wanted you to let go.




And the unwanted tears that caressed your pillow weren’t meant to show.
As I dripped every inch of me, you caught every drop.
And why you helped me, I couldn’t help the feeling of wanting to leave.
Something so comforting couldn’t really embrace me.




When I was bound with spider stitched embers, watching myself die from the inside.




And yet I wanted you to love me, but I pushed you away from the parts I couldn’t love myself.
I pushed you away.
And through the lines that you read, I knew you could see that.
And as I struggled to internally hurt myself, I managed to hurt you as well.





And every artery that re-stitched this morning is screaming I’m sorry.






Last night I said, “I wasn’t used to being so happy.”
You said, “Well, get used to it.”





I’m learning.
While swallowing the spiders.
And choking up the cocoon I tend to build within myself.
And maybe tomorrow, I’ll learn to breathe.





I’ll learn how to fly.

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© 2007 Kirsten Natalie
Published on Tuesday, July 31, 2007.     Filed under: "Reflective" and "Poetry"
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  • OLd SouL On Friday, April 27, 2012, OLd SouL (732)By person wrote:

    "Staring at the dark walls in a room too small for so many thoughts." that's a gem.

  • A former member wrote: Damn you got so good. I hope you come back soon :-)

  • A former member wrote: oh damn you got me to cry, at work no less. everything you've written spells out what sam and i have been through. thank you for putting such beauty to life!

  • Mistress Shadow On Thursday, August 2, 2007, Mistress Shadow (252)By person wrote:

    I've been there too many times to count. I'm glad that this time for you, a path past it is present. Good luck. ~T

  • A former member wrote: simply amazing. ~ hdb.

  • Mylissa On Tuesday, July 31, 2007, Mylissa (845)By person wrote:

    I am unable to come up with a worthy comment at this moment but I will return with something as incredible as this poem...promise.

  • A former member wrote: Such power coming from this.

  • LordBrosnian On Tuesday, July 31, 2007, LordBrosnian (44)By person wrote:

    I too have felt the languish throbbing deeper still beneath, those most-forgotten catacombs us poets wish to sleep, and silence nil evinces through the constant battering, of thoughts and sharp regrets which never sease their hammering...

  • A former member wrote: I've been left on my stomach on tiled floors, gasping for the pain to ebb, the fear to fade, and leave me whole again...this is beautiful...thank you, for saying what I couldn't. ~*Beth*~

  • Bella Butchery On Tuesday, July 31, 2007, Bella Butchery (724)By person wrote:

    for some reason. i feel this... wow. stunned.

  • blue On Tuesday, July 31, 2007, blue (1454)By person wrote:

    KirKir

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