"Trying to Escape"

if I stuff my head full

of poetry

song lyrics

Tweets

and my friends' Facebook

status updates

favourite paragraphs from favourite novels

lines remembered from movies


will my own thoughts

my own emotions

eventually

dissolve

into the vast ocean

of ideas

of thoughts and emotions


or will my mind

simply explode

"Dark"

almost intoxicated by

harsh, dark

emotions

"Calm"

post-storm

calm

has settled

here

within my

shattering heart

my dust-covered

dreams

finally

dead

the pain

unending

excruciating

and yet

suddenly

calm

so calm