Suddenly, the night seemed brighter than day,
Suddenly, my happiness seemed to sink away.
Suddenly, my laughter turned into screams,
Suddenly, only nightmares replaced my dreams.
Suddenly, there was no one I could call my own,
Suddenly, I realized I was all alone.
Suddenly, my eyes started focusing on a dying bird,
Suddenly, I couldn't express myself even with a billion words.
Suddenly, I felt a tiredness that sleep couldn't cure,
Suddenly, I was inflicting pain on myself which somehow I could endure.
Suddenly, I saw the darker side of the moon,
Suddenly, reality embraced me, like a transparent cocoon.
Suddenly, I didn't have the energy to smile,
Suddenly, I sat numb every once in a while.
Suddenly, the demons knew me better than friends,
Suddenly, I started seeing beginnings even in ends.
Suddenly, I was drowning, even though I could swim,
Suddenly, I started losing even though I'd only started to win.
Suddenly, the storm seemed like the least destructive thing,
Suddenly, my heart beat sounded like a despondent song to sing.
Suddenly, the sad songs didn't seem sad enough,
Suddenly, the nightmares didn't seem scary enough,
Because I had worse stories to tell,
Because suddenly I was living in something worse than hell.
Suddenly, I started fading away from everyone else,
And it all happened so suddenly, that I didn't get time to save myself.
- Aastha Mehta
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Slowly Drowning
PoetryFrom 2am thoughts, to 2pm reality, From being bullied by your own, to society's brutality. From the darkest corners of my mind, To the abused, unloved, brave and always kind. From the ones who have no home, To the ones who love being alone. From the...
