Empty Skeleton

Hear that sound?

It's the rattling in my chest.

You stole my heart,

Now it echoes and I get no rest.

 

See that hole?

It's the bullet in my head

That's telling me I'm fine

When I want to cry instead.

 

And I try to feel,

But the world's not teal.

No, it's black and wrong

Because my eyes are gone.

You stole my sight,

Now I can't sleep at night.

 

I'm an empty sketeton,

Caught up on things that should have been

You took all of me, I'm barely bone

In my crumbling grave,

All alone.

Stole my sole and ran away,

But I'll aways say that I'm okay.

Void of hope, I'll never win...

I'm an empty skeleton.

 

Feel that boom?

It's the pounding of my feet,

Sprinting away from a future I don't want to meet.

 

Smell that stench?

It's the rotting of my brain

Because I can't accept what you've become.

 

And I try to smile

For the world's big file

But the photo's black

And I'm facing back

Because the light's too bright

And I misplaced my fight...

And nothing I will ever do

Will ever, ever, ever

Be alright.

 

I'm an empty sketeton,

Caught up on things that should have been

You took all of me, I'm barely bone

In my crumbling grave,

All alone.

Stole my sole and ran away,

But I'll aways say that I'm okay.

Void of hope, I'll never win...

I'm an empty skeleton.

 

Bones, bones, bones, bones.

That's all that's left of me.

Bones, bones, bones, bones,

And who I pretend to be.

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