Insane

Shhhh...

Do you hear that silence?

Well, the noise in my head

Is clashing violence

Please

Let me ask you

In the quiet

What’s your mind do?

Have you wondered

What it’s like to die?

Have you seen a river

That’s run bone dry?

Do they tell you

to “Hush”

When your greatest dreams

have just been crushed?

Have you ever

Heard the blackness speak

Either a passing word

Or harsh critique?

Have you seen

A smile that was just “off”

Reappear in an object

With its scornful scoff

Painted in the dark

Do you continue to see

People trashing

On their last plea?

Maybe then

You’re just like me.