Tears of Release

***This is a poem i wrote a time ago when i was feeling very upset. a friend of mine had really hurt me, and made me feel completely unimportant. So in order to help myself, and to keep myself from doing something i had never ever even conisdered before in my entire life (no not suicide, cutting. i always thought that i could never do that because i hate pain. but i was so upset i almost did! i decided this was a much healthier way to work it out of my system). so if it seems very morbid that would be why. but i really do like this one. i find the mood is very strong. hope ya like it too.***

Drowning in putrid tears.

Tears full of raw emotions.

Crying for my lifeless existence.

As the emptiness inside me grows,

threatening to swallow me,

engulf me, devour the last of my hope.

The light in me is slowly dimming, slowly dying.

Slowly being snuffed out

by the dark robed man who hides in the shadows.

The facade I hid behind has finally shattered.

The one which hid my pain, torment and agony.

My fake smile is replaced with a lifeless slit.

My bright eyes are now hollow, dark and deep,

Nothing more then two circles on my face.

Always played the happy part.

My facade one of spirit and hope.

But that’s gone, I’m gone.

I take my last breath as my body is submerged in

putrid tears.

Unable to swim to the surface.

Lead feet holding me down,

and sorrow stealing my strength.

Finally I’ve given in to death,

the dark robed man who has waited patiently in the

shadows.

Waiting for my surrender.

Waiting to wrap me in his cold embrace

and release me from my eternal pain.

~ Written By Cheri MacKenzie, April 2001

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