Break Me Poem by Samah Khan

Break me
The hollowness is already in my blood
And I can hear my heart
Feebly holding on to insanity-
Life won't walk away
If you walk away first.

Break me
I won't feel the pain, numbness is my only ally,
And in the fight against darkness, I surrender
Life won't give me a break,
So I'll break first.

Break me
I have no friend, no confidante, no light
I live by the glow of a fading moon,
Ever floating away in a sky of a thousand lovers
And yet I'm the only who gazes up at it every night
Steadfastly, for the millionth time
Yet the moon disappears by day, that I know,
So I disappear from the window before the day returns.

Break me
Hatred is how I learnt to live,
How I learnt to stand in licking flames and not be burnt
How I learnt that if your skin made of thick leather, it won't bruise
Hatred is the only thing I can call truly my own-
I knew my heart would someday protest,
So I tore it out before it could.