Sadness Manifesto

by J James - Pisces

3:43 in the afternoon
curled up into a ball tightly gripping the neck of my guitar
as if it were keeping me afloat from something taking me under
crying onto my pillow
eyes burning from the TV's glare
all the songs mention love four times in every chorus and verse
painfully reminded
my mental state and it's steady disintegration
panic attacks overcoming my body
one of many since i heard
she's truly the essence of malice
and the guilt washed over me like
sky blue on a worn canvas
it hurts to breathe
since i feel doing so was only perpetuating my growing faults
with every beat of my pulse i was only doing more wrong
i dont want my existance to be a burden
but the people i live for just keep
driving me like a stake in the dirt
everyone else is in color
while i drip black and white
blind flight gone crash and burn
im sorry i dont have the talent
now 4:34...
and my screen has gone
sitting up without a cause
motivation draining out of every pore of my body
im dry
my blood cries for contact
hours from now blink on my clock
"wish you were here" blinks in my head
and i wish the sun would hide
so i didnt feel like i was hiding from it
i roll over
and my pen starts to ache
wishing it could only make me smile
when it inks the page
instead this black ink is only appropriate
for the hollow...thought
for a second i thought of writing
letters of apology
to everyone i've been a nuisance to
but the guilt would stab me sooner
then i thought of my guilt again
again it was impossible
to breathe
i would be exhausted...but it's too tiring to be
my feet haven't touched the ground
since i woke up this afternoon
three pennies on the floor
...chump change
about my heart's worth for this minute
and maybe this minute alone
and maybe the next ill paint myself
a new pretty picture
and the minute after that it'll be painted over
like a billboard for what smoking really does to your lungs
and the TV mentions love again,
but there's no billboard for what love really does to your heart
my mouth is dry
from not speaking a word for what is hours now
im too scared to utter something
i might have to apologize for a million times later
but to myself
"when all of your playthings
have all disappeared
girl will you be happy
when there's nothing left but tears"
and i write lyrics that would usually
put everything in perspective
and now im just crossing it out
cuz neither of anything make sense
wont someone carry me across the mud?
the same mud that's stood before me
for some time now...
the ground is too dirty to touch
the air is too filthy to breathe
im guilty of all my surroundings
now 5:33
five smashing pumpkin CD singles
because time otherwise holds no meaning
unless i'm panicking over it
"you've created this monster...so live with it"
my windowshade doesnt go up
my foot never comes down
the ringing in my ear wont stop
and with every drop of my existance
the resistance to exist grows stronger
and my strength becomes weaker
i curl back up into this familiar pillow
someday someday
hopefully someone will be by my beside
coaching me to be ok
someday someday
i might be ok
but for now im not
i wanna leave this room
but it would be disappointing knowing
my bed wont even miss me
its all downhill from here
walking an uphill climb
where's my guitar
the only beauty
that's not offended by my touch
this artificial breeze is sickening to my stomach
this blood on my hands
is beginning to fit my skin
and this panic in my pulse
is scary to my motionless state
the ground is slipping beneath my body
who's soaked in it
6:33 now
i cant write this anymore
because im just drowning
in my own series of mental
...
no
this is really the end of this page
6:39pm

Reason for writing:

    this is almost not a poem but i figure since it almost seemed important-poetic-type-rambling i might as well let yall read since this was an honest plea from the heart's commitee    

Birth sign: Pisces
Date created: 2000-08-08 18:05:00
Last updated: 2021-04-14 17:18:11
Poem ID: 57210

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