It's like a drug, an all-consuming obsession <br />Not injected but expelled <br />Numbing, pushing away the depression <br />As i explode, my demons are felled <br /> <br />It pours from me, not blood but ink <br />Leaving me alone with the eyes in the mirror, <br />Draining me of all the dark thoughts I can't help but think <br />Everything melts away; anger, pain, fear <br /> <br />All of it gone; I'm truly free <br />For the briefest instant, all is light <br />The shadows disappear, leaving only me <br />The pain's still there, but it's lost it's bite <br /> <br />I am untouchable, immune <br />All of their caustic words now just more sound <br />But this joy fades all too soon, <br />And I'm back where I started, somewhere below the ground<br /><br />Joyce Rugg<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/bleed-black/
