Emptiness Loneliness Quietness Deadliness ©karltearney

Death has gone Threat now passed My Heart is beating Loud and fast There’s no relief Nor wisdom too How I survived I’ve not a clue For...

The box of bright colours The lid draped in gold The brightest of buttons Is now looking old You blow off the dust Grasp sides with both...

Swathed in Darkness The walls so high There is no window No glimpse of sky There is no jailor There is no key There's no way out No...

On the left Then the right I’m seeing shadows In my sight Voices coming Somewhere near But there’s no sound Within my ear Look around Go...

A second class hero Is how I feel For you cannot see What I have to heal No Kevlar, or bandage Nor wheelchair too In fact I look normal I...

Its days like this When I’m so blue That I feel sorry For the things I do You’re much to kind To be with me You don’t deserve My Insanity...

Dull outside, inside too Just muffled sounds, breaking through I’m sitting here, upon my chair Nothing to see, except my stare A misty...

The waters cold And murky too Waves are crashing I can’t see you I’ve fought so hard To stay up here But now I’m tired Of all this fear...

You pass my door Assume I’m out But why not stop And look about For on the outside The house looks strong Yet on the inside Something’s...