As far as the eyes will let me

I see loneliness

Gnawing away at my consciousness

Tripping the switch to abject lows

Epic in proportion

 

Trying to reach a plateau that cant be reached

Gone is the hope

Alone are my emotions

A freak in a cage prowling back and forth

Bearing teeth at those who near

 

If music be the food of love I hear nothing

Deafened by the metronomic sound of silence

Destined to die in this cage of hate

Alone with everyone

Sympathetic stares

 

The same scarred caring arms

Extending ever closer

No closer are they to scratching

The infuriating itch of my longing

To be loved unconditionally?

 

As my blood burns within me

I taste blood, pre-emptively

I know I shall strike again

Racked with guilt

Filled with bitterness

 

I care not for my actions

For they brook no aggression

For I know problem tigers are eventually shot