it feels like i’m falling away
like you don’t want me to care
then tell me, why am i here
tell me why i’m anywhere
all that i’ve held onto
i guess it doesn’t mean a damn
fain just let me disappear
the nothing i had, you burned it all
so at least let me be warmed a little while
gift me a last unbeholden smile
then tell me why, why won’t i die
all that i’ve clung onto
i guess it isn’t worth a damn
fain just let me disappear
it feels like you don’t want me to feel
i’m the face you’ve unseen behind the door
don’t tell me to dry my tears
don’t tell me anything at all
everything you said
was all i ever knew
everywhere i trod
was to keep pace with you
everything i felt
now everything imbued
i’ve never needed you more
to enslave myself to you
you’re the stone that weighs within me
beneath this binding arc of decay
lo, i am death, lo, i am sleep
by TONY SINGLE
© All rights reserved 2018
unbolt me 
So beautiful to read. Enjoyed it thoroughly 🙂
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Thank you. I’m so glad you liked it!
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Very heart touching post😍
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I really appreciate that. Thank you!
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((hugs))
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Aw, thank you, Eliza.
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Nice job
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Thank you, Umar!
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You are welcome
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Wow there are parts in this that sound like a song. It’s beautiful 😌
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That makes me very happy to hear. Songs are my biggest influence when I write poetry!
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this poem make monkey wonder why anyone anywhere. then monkey remember there good answer:
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That’s haunting in a very good way… Sincerely, thank you for sharing this.
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Hi. Thanks for sharing such a well penned poem. Love your writing style and imagery. Unrequited love lingers and smoulders within an aching heart. Have a great day. Goff
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Thank you very much for your kind assessment, Goff. I hope you have a great day too!
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Thanks. Mi pleasure. Best Wishes. Goff
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I didn’t know you could do tragic, Tony. Yes, ranting will lighten the emotional load. Feel better, darling!
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Aw, thank you so much. And, yes, I do tragic from time to time. Sometimes it’s the only thing I can write.
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You are only human, like all of us, albeit a very talented one.
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There’s real hopelessness in there – I remember that feeling. Well crafted.
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Yes, it’s an awful feeling, isn’t it, Cathy? I want to thank you so much for visiting with us and reading.
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oops I mean smoulders…oh ‘ell I lost the ‘l’ and now I’ve lost my ‘h’.
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God, that made me chuckle. 😛
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