Behind My Eyes: A Dark Poem
Webs painted behind my eyes
Sleep is forsaken
Devils dance behind my eyes
Skin draws tighter
Take another shot
Still they refuse to die
Cackling and taunting
I grow weary of fighting
Smoke rises behind my eyes
Dark haze with no escape
Demons grin behind my eyes
Intent on my suffering
I know why they are here
His emissaries
His twisted servants
Reaching for me with crooked claws
Fires burn behind my eyes
Searing memories
Blood drips behind my eyes
Tinted darkest black
The scar on my shoulder burns
A touch reveals the small stone trapped beneath
Wrapped up in useless flesh
Dad said they’d come looking for it
The knife gleams behind my eyes
I never questioned his reasons
Scabbed wings flutter behind my eyes
Raspy as Death’s touch
I remember the basement
Dust drifting down between floorboards
Dad’s shotgun roared
Before the scream was ripped from his throat
Needles prick behind my eyes
But they don’t stifle my cries
Pills tumble down behind my eyes
But they can’t take me away from this
I’ve always hid from Him
While He hides himself in me
Now He’s trying to claim me
The winged one returneth
Gasoline stings my eyes
Ringing the floor around me
The flash of heat scalds my eyes
But they pay the circle no heed
Twitching with eagerness
They close in steadily
Need to stay awake
Can’t drift off to…
