The Unkindled

The echo inside my head

Pounding hard to burst out

Those words I should have said

Screams lies that I know nothing about

A daylight jump scare

Drags down my dreams

Changes to a nightmare

A whisper, turns into a deafening scream

I'm not your man
Find me if you can

I'm not your lover
Lost and undiscovered

I'm just a shadow
Life left me hollow

Fading in the background

Gone without a sound

I prefer not to speak
I'm an irrelevant freak

I prefer not to write
I see darkness in light

I carved a hole in my heart
I'm the idiot who is smart

I numb the pain inside

So I feel validated on the underside