Hidden Afflictions: Poetry

By InTheLandOfAiren

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The shadows of our past, like a sadistic snake, constricts around our hearts at its very mention. When we dwe... More

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Birds of One Feather

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By InTheLandOfAiren

For that moment you think you have found someone you truly love, but you hesitate to take a look in the mirror and realize just how broken you are inside. You start to doubt whether you could ever really love that other person and attempt to ruin a beautiful something before it can even begin...

It's too sad,

Too quiet,

Too not right here


You're sitting there, watching me sitting near


And really, it's my fault, my decision


My choice to shatter our dreamt illusion


When I met you the stars aligned; suns shone


I saw my other, and the world rocked: BlOWN


Broken halfs that became one at sight


It was like everything with us was right


You my Yang, I your Ying,

But here's the thing


There just can't be a thing,

No you and I ring


See, I can't love you and you can't love me


Not with our scars, not with our history


Yes, you like me,

Possibly love me too
..

It won't change our ways, it won't help your argue


We're afraid of rejection, of hurt


Because we've seen how those close didn't work


We're afraid of feeling too safe, too close


Because we've trusted before our loved foes


And in the end had the same turn on us


Beat us and use us without one purpose


If you can't say it then I will, 'I'm afraid!'


Afraid you're short lived, that you'll leave and fade


My shields, my heart's walls in vain torn away

And it's a fear that haunts me everyday

It isn't to hurt you, to hate you, because I love you

But I have to set this 'us' straight, say what's true


That, yes, we're truly birds of one feather


Side by side we'll flock... just not together

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