An ache in my chest <br />a sting carried through my veins <br />a candle flickering <br />the soothing sound of water running <br />I'm in my own world <br />nothing is nothing <br />emptiness is fullness <br />sadness is lonliness <br />illusions are everything <br />lies spin around me <br />while I lay wet and cold on the floor <br />voices in my head <br />begin screaming <br />I am nothing, I am nothing <br />a pointless exhistance <br />stop crying <br />I can't control myself <br />I reach out for my reassurance <br />and hold it in the candles flame <br />stop, don't do this <br />I snuff out the voice <br />I press the hot metal into my flesh <br />the stench of burning seeps into my lungs <br />again and again <br />I am real <br />I am here <br />I need to feel [something] <br />I deserve to hurt<br /><br />Dakota Ellerton<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/burning-reassurance/
