I sit here again <br />Starting once more <br />Lost yet another friend <br />And, now I feel as if I've lost the war <br /> <br />Shattered and broken <br />Now I lay bleeding <br />A knife through the heart- <br />To stop the beating <br /> <br />So empty-so lost... <br />So beauitfully broken <br />I cry and I sob <br />On the floor choking <br /> <br />I give up <br />-This time for certain <br />I'm done with this play <br />Please just close the curtain! <br /> <br />And, one single tear drop <br />Slides down my cheek <br />As I pray to the unknown <br />To stop feeling so weak <br /> <br />And, then I stand <br />And I start walking <br />I open my mouth; <br />But, it's like I'm not even talking <br /> <br />I really can't take it- <br />It's too hard to believe <br />I did it again! <br />And, now I can't even see <br /> <br />So now I am falling <br />And, failing this test <br />As I hear death calling <br />I lay here a mess <br /> <br />© Copyright 2010 Nicole Settimi/Dark Lyric Poetry <br />Dark Lyric Poetry by The Dark Artist Nicole Settimi<br /><br />Nicole Settimi<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-curtain-closes/
