The Box

Thu, 06/12/2014 - 11:46 -- K8KA1S

There’s a black box. A black ribbon around the black box. A black shadow behind the black box with a black ribbon. This black box has something in it. What is in the black box with a black ribbon with a long, deathly, black shadow? A long night of pain? Loneliness? A moment of saying something regretful? The fear of what is inside. The black box will not go away. It follows everywhere. In the background, behind the happiness, the black box. It reminds of the pain of then. And denies happiness of now and on. The black box with a black ribbon with a black shadow must go away. Happiness must fill its place. But the box will only remain. Its will to survive. The shadow fades away. The ribbon losses tension. The box’s lid opens. The black box with a black ribbon with a black shadow. Has taken another.

There is a letter left behind.

To whom this may concern,

I feel cared for and loved. Up until I’m alone. I heard once that a man should never be alone, for he’ll grow insane. It feels like that has happened to me. I know I’m cared for and loved but this black box says otherwise. This black box with a black ribbon with a black shadow. This box is weird. I don’t see it move but it falls into the background, behind everything. I see it in the frames of reality. Flash. It’s there. Flash. It’s gone. Seeing the black box with a black ribbon with a black shadow gives me pain of what is then. It says that the pain is going to stay and never leave. It gives me curiosity as to what it can do to help. I can open it. But I fear what is inside. I’ve weighed it, but it hurts to weigh. I’ve shaken it, but it hurts to shake. Strangely though, I can make the shadow fade away. I can release the tension of the ribbon. I can lift the lid. But I fear of what might be inside. I see relief from my pain. A rope. A dozen pills. A pistol with one bullet. I know ones that care and love will miss me, but this pain is unbearable. Black box with a black ribbon with a long, deathly, black shadow, take me away.

                                                                                -Sincerely,

                                                                                                Me

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