Where Has

The purity of innocence gone

When did this knowledge off pain and hate and anger start

I sit alone with this deficit of positive, hopeful, loving thought

With a stupid crazy mind jammed full of worry and misplaced self-hate

crammed all in and sealed shut

I try to move around, find a space where it’s less dark, less painful but

I

can’t

So I sit here with over-riding, choking grey-snoke thoughts of

pain

fear

worry

doubt

death

I sit here wondering why, why I can’t be

at

peace

just for a moment

why my stupid brain can’t

not think about evil, about the end of innocence

And I plead with it

I try to make deals with it

brain please, please please just stop

you’re ruining it for me, I can’t cope with this

But it won’t listen.