In a windowless room <br />hiding from life <br />I revel in dark serenity <br />I'm joined by the chatter <br />spoken by the extinguished <br /> <br />Stepping blindly through a maze <br />contradicting thoughts swarm <br />as each begins to sting pale flesh <br />biting again my reality <br />or creating the fear I breathe <br /> <br />As I hide, no one cares to seek <br />my pain is their ignorance and bliss <br />I make my peace with <br />my meager utterances <br />Just paper blowing in the wind <br /> <br />A key and turn of the lock <br />my signal to retreat <br />from battle, I have <br />raised my white flag <br />surrendering happiness <br /> <br />Laughter has died <br />melancholy strings are <br />the only music I hear <br />You've raped me into <br />a flicker of a girl I once knew <br /> <br />One day, sooner rather than later <br />maybe I shall find freedom hidden <br />in death, for now I can only cry out <br />to a life that has been anything but kind.<br /><br />Robin Bennett<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/sooner-rather-than-later/
