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redmosquito10
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dark days are here again.
I sink into them like a lukewarm bath
sure it’s not enjoyable, but at least it’s not uncomfortable
familiarity breeds contempt and comfort
and I’ve grown accustomed to your contempt
let the days slide by with as little friction as possible
I hardly notice the passing of time
only the shadow growing on my face lets me know I age
I wasn’t always this way, there was a time before you
when I enjoyed new experiences
and I threw myself off rooftops with a reckless abandon
confident in my mind’s ability to soar
ive grown to despise comfort
and ive grown to despise the spiderwebs you’ve wrapped my mind in
of course I felt safe, what can harm you when you’re already dead?
nothing
and the nothing is what I’m running from
I sink into them like a lukewarm bath
sure it’s not enjoyable, but at least it’s not uncomfortable
familiarity breeds contempt and comfort
and I’ve grown accustomed to your contempt
let the days slide by with as little friction as possible
I hardly notice the passing of time
only the shadow growing on my face lets me know I age
I wasn’t always this way, there was a time before you
when I enjoyed new experiences
and I threw myself off rooftops with a reckless abandon
confident in my mind’s ability to soar
ive grown to despise comfort
and ive grown to despise the spiderwebs you’ve wrapped my mind in
of course I felt safe, what can harm you when you’re already dead?
nothing
and the nothing is what I’m running from
"Ah, life is a gate, a way, a path to Paradise anyway, why not live for fun and joy and love or some sort of girl by a fireside, why not go to your desire and LAUGH..."
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I know this is off the subject of your poem...(and the lukewarm bath is a perfect image for that) but this bit about the rooftop reminded me of something I want to mention.
On T.V. I saw some videos of a kid who eventually became a stunt-man. His parents dealt with this desire to jump off the roof of their family home by letting him...they made video tapes of his jumps and had mattresses piled up on the lawn!!
I thought that was an unusually supportive family to grow up in don't you?
Now...we can get back to the comfortably numb topic at hand...:p
no not really, although i have had to jump off of roofs before (i seem to have a gift for knocking ladders over while i'm on a roof), and unfortunately my parents were not present at the time to lay out some mattresss. the hit the ground and roll technique worked out pretty well for me though, got no injuries and a pretty good story out of it.
and yes, those parents are either extremely supportive or they really dislike their kid a lot
They seemed thrilled with him so I think it was [size=+1]Love.[/size]