Let Me Live Again

by BellaNoraMobile, Alabama, USA

Mar 2013 456 Views 1 comments

Let Me Live Again

It’s horrible
What I’m doing to my body
Garbage in
Garbage out
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Lately
I’ve been insatiably hungry
Like maggots eating away at my wounds
Yet nothing curbs the craving
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And I don’t know what for
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It’s as if I’ve lost control
As my mind directs my actions
My hands follow in unison
With mechanical fingers tapping
Involuntarily
Programming my reality
Day after day
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The numbness
Overwhelming and meaningless
If I can but feel again
To reach beyond the emptiness
Instead
My needs are not met
My pleas are unsaid
My path not clear to step
My thoughts going head to head
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What is my crime?
I beg for leniency
This punishment is killing me
Help me to break free
~ ~
Let me live again
Please

©Bella Nora

03/22/13

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Posted: Mar 2013

Comments (1)

studecarsayre, Oklahoma USAMar 22, 2013

Hi BellaNora, I enjoyed your poem,but aside from the enjoyment I have compassion for you, is this mental anguish a result of the divorce? You don't need to answer that question because it is none of my businss, but if this is the cause at least be a friend to whomever will listen to your problems. That is what friends are for. I have been there, through a divorce and also
the loss of my wife. Good luck in finding yourself. studecar