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Created on: February 15, 2009
I grasp for something real, something I can feel, something I can taste, something I can smell,
Can you see, can you hear, can you feel this underlying need so deep within me,
I lose control and I'm scared, I am so frightened of this feeling of want, of possession, of need,
Many have taken from within me, but bitter I've vowed to never be, it builds and feeds for strength, strength for the reality I am seeking,
I fight in the darkness, struggle with my silence, no one's ever seen me, the self I've concealed completely,
Come to me now, release me from the prison I am being taken to, a want, a need, a wanting need to posses these feelings, these feelings ever so deep with me......
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