This is the first poem I ever wrote. When I was about eight years old, I used to have a problem with tinnitus at night. I would get a terrible nightmare, (which I cannot recount even now) then wake up crying silently. I didn't dare to move, not for fear of the dark, but of the roaring absence of sound. This is my best attempt to describe the experience.627Please respect copyright.PENANARbXc8NaX7d
Silence627Please respect copyright.PENANAqL4xEGccHF
It seemed I looked on a world all round627Please respect copyright.PENANAAKpJ2EtCb8
Where Hell with mortals heartlessly toyed627Please respect copyright.PENANAbvviRNkkux
I turned away for I had found627Please respect copyright.PENANAIWlrgM7J9b
The Chaos globed dark amidst the void627Please respect copyright.PENANAMbP2TfzZho
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I stood watching the sky disappear627Please respect copyright.PENANAOTwd2WVIN1
And writhing Terror coiled and bound627Please respect copyright.PENANAuGxIhS5nSN
I knew it was there since I could hear627Please respect copyright.PENANAzInsFnxCLT
A deafening Silence full of sound627Please respect copyright.PENANAMYpJkctUKf
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The starlight burned out, lost in the deep627Please respect copyright.PENANAsj7m1FA3mI
Yet I remembered always my name627Please respect copyright.PENANA96KxAm8mAd
Though the world was dead I would not weep627Please respect copyright.PENANAfX3SPW0lw3
Triumph is what the Dark cannot claim627Please respect copyright.PENANAWdzc85duIK
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A song for the most abusive person I've ever met.627Please respect copyright.PENANAYIRY6BUYZj
Burn627Please respect copyright.PENANARZL45pcRsK
I’m bundled up627Please respect copyright.PENANAGeQayR9NUf
But it’s ice inside627Please respect copyright.PENANAdw9PH47mdy
Your hatred burns627Please respect copyright.PENANAwyxGcQTWtd
Below my cold pride627Please respect copyright.PENANAWe5LioLXIn
There’s a spider in my soul627Please respect copyright.PENANAM3bp8NmKKw
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Hit me in the chest627Please respect copyright.PENANAIYnjuQaD7l
With a flaming dart627Please respect copyright.PENANAidmy1pARC8
The chasm gapes627Please respect copyright.PENANAswSY3nY8gh
Into my heart627Please respect copyright.PENANABpLujd42fj
The outside pours in627Please respect copyright.PENANAyhjAdfsFua
But it’s not a part of me627Please respect copyright.PENANAPVQGx6pG01
It freezes in the hole627Please respect copyright.PENANAKxjcgnAxMu
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The vultures tear627Please respect copyright.PENANAHptVro7Aff
Rip and sunder627Please respect copyright.PENANATOnxa27RRZ
My pity from you627Please respect copyright.PENANAIOOkF3N58K
As they pull you under627Please respect copyright.PENANA8nvF9DYbtw
Pierce your throat and take your voice627Please respect copyright.PENANA215215fgZT
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Your dead lips speak627Please respect copyright.PENANAtpFTbajYa5
Your burnt body lies627Please respect copyright.PENANAu4f8qUXyne
On the wet ground627Please respect copyright.PENANA7GDJ0ie062
But I am too wise627Please respect copyright.PENANA7fMjVfzRXp
To ever hate you627Please respect copyright.PENANA3eVkPAzJzK
I will only despise627Please respect copyright.PENANAQjXxbDaP27
You melt apart as I rejoice.627Please respect copyright.PENANA6eIypx4jQw
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This is my attempt to describe the way depression feels, especially the kind that comes from writer's block.627Please respect copyright.PENANAslfLr4wUdf
Nothing627Please respect copyright.PENANAYcGofwjFk5
This world is all an empty hole627Please respect copyright.PENANA6Ih7Oe2j8w
Eternal falling, I descend627Please respect copyright.PENANA10YIwRPAwC
Into the dark depths of my soul627Please respect copyright.PENANAw8hfAueI0Q
The pathless void that has no end627Please respect copyright.PENANAWb4LEq2e5Z
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All blankly white, a blaze of same627Please respect copyright.PENANAql5A2CAuNk
Deadly joy that drinks my cries627Please respect copyright.PENANAfkzM8PeMeT
My fear absorbed to feed its flame627Please respect copyright.PENANAghf15Y4PgR
No spot of dark to save my eyes627Please respect copyright.PENANAAGg4FPKCx0
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I’m crushed within the empty space627Please respect copyright.PENANArGYjJIxRss
And powerless to resist627Please respect copyright.PENANAjKVlbFSkF4
People here in this nothing place627Please respect copyright.PENANA74e0tAonzs
Attacked for daring to exist627Please respect copyright.PENANAzR2p1koKDk
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Oh lightning, split the solid sky627Please respect copyright.PENANANeXfbhUVGe
Make me flash some kind of light627Please respect copyright.PENANAXGWzGt92qF
Oh hurricane, come be my sigh627Please respect copyright.PENANAQ5h3PxGczc
Earthquake, swallow the black and white627Please respect copyright.PENANAyNun76LDF0