In too deep

 

In too deep.

Sheltered

from the rain

but drowning

in the muddy ground

left behind.

 

I never knew darkness

could come in shades

as deep as these.

I never believed that

the cold 

could consume me,

I never perceived my grave

as this dark place,

just a bed of thorns to pierce,

thinking I'd be brave.

I never knew that pain

could be so fierce

and just like that,

I collapsed out of the fight.

 

I never knew I could cry

knives instead of tears

but I knew I could

come back stronger

and my wings still fly.

I poured my heart,

I poured the hurt,

I poured my rage

into words staining

the tear-soaked page.

 

I never knew

that hearts were

so fragile,

made to be broken

along this bumpy trial.

I never knew.

that I'd hold death

so close.

I never knew

he would follow me

everywhere I go.

That my feelings

would be stolen.

But I knew that

I'd get through.

Cursed though I am

to spend so long

in my own shadow.

Watching

as it swallowed

me whole.

I knew I'd break out,

punch through

I just had to put

one foot in front

of the other

and walk

towards you.

  

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