Bending Reality Magazine April | Page 30

Sunshine Never Mind

By O’Telia

I don't need you this time

Allow me this moment

To be wrapped in

A blanket of darkness

To nurse my chilly mood

My mood is like a

Fierce tornado of emotions,

Which causes destruction

And pain at every turn

Sunshine

Be a kind friend

And hide

Your light from me

Until I conquer

This destructive spirit

Which pollutes my very being

And paralyzes me

From enjoying simple pleasures,

Like writing this poem.

Sunshine Never Mind

I need you

More than ever

Because the darkness

Has taken control

And I am losing

Myself more and more

Sunshine

Please come back.

I have been a naive fool

Thinking I could do this

On my own

Without your light

Shining my path

I was a fool to think

I could