Stoked24seven

The forest was a lonely place, sleeping to the slow weeping of the wind upon the leaves, waking to the dense blue fog of solace, I was afraid to move.  Nowhere to go, no place to stay.  It seemed I was destined to always be this way. Nothing to lose, I ran through my forest.  What seemed to be an intricate maze felt like one big circle, everything looked the same.  Struggling in this abyss, hope torn for a better future, I closed my eyes and wept with the wind.  Falling to the damp earth under me, I felt that resting here was no different than anywhere else I ever had, forever in this solace. It changed one morning.  I did not wake to the d

Burning!  Burning!  Burning! Have you ever awaken only to find your blinds open? The sun, God, the sun, it shines not for me anyway! To close those blinds, to turn in my seclusion... My place the world can't look into. I'm closed away. SMILE YOU'RE PERFECT. Why bother?  This little box of mine... This little space I call my own, too dark to see me Would you look in the darkness of my mind to only find that I am alone? Do you understand?  Can you see? No, you're blind to my simple shade.  I'm hidden from you... Though safely in your arms, within the shadow of the past... I can feel safe in my quiet place, far away from you, though