Darkness

I can’t speak

I can’t cry

keep everything locked up inside

hiding it all the time

My misery is so dark

that it’s brightness hurts my eye

when I try to look at it

try to face it

I just keep it deep inside of me

feeling it consuming my rational thoughts

digesting my feelings of hope

slowly eating away my life

I just wish that I could breathe out loud

exhaling every bit of darkness

just get rid of it without having to put my eyes on it

see it leave, without ever getting blind