Exposure of Mania (Poem)

Stranded all around,
Signs are swaying,

All the wires are down,
The world is cold and dismaying.

This curse took my heart,

It must have taken my soul.
Beneath the moon I fall apart,

Carnage is now taking it’s toll.

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No more self-control.

You keep on crying.

I’ll swallow you whole.

The night is undying.

Itching out the pulse inside.

Scratching out to come alive.

Upon my tattered hide.

It will strive to survive.

Times are looking grim these days.
Desperate to hold on to everything.
It's hard to see from the rising haze.

I can no longer keep anything.

It's called me closer.