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Title: Dead Eyes
Author: Lara Meola
Date Submitted: 9/12/2008
Email: banfil@comcast.net

 
Poem: Darkness invades my home,
Shielding me from the outside world
An uninhabited island in a deserted sea
Filled with chaos & a strange sense of order
Hiding in the safety of my room
I lay molded into my Tempurpedic bed
Burying my head in the blankets, in my safe-haven
Just trying to forget
Bills piling in stacks, long overdue
Amidst books waiting to be read
I try and fail yet again
Everything falls through the cracks
Yet life continues on around me.
Clothes lay in piles on the cold bare wood
Are they dirty or clean?
Does it really matter in the grand scheme of things?
Piles of dust & cat fur cover the room
I stare at the mess and fall asleep again
When I finally get up & look in the mirror
I am shocked by what I see
As hard as I try, I don’t recognize
The dead face staring back at me
My dark eyes are empty, devoid of emotions
My body a puppet suspended from fragile strings
I wait for the snap, the long winding fall
Back into the darkness yet again. ...