are you hurting like me?
are you broken like me?
has your soul given up the fight?
do you cry like me?
do you hide like me?
do you find solace in the darkness of the night? 
©C. O’Connor, 2016
Category: poetry
#4
My name is Darkness
My name is Fear
My name is anything that haunts you dear.
My name is Hate
My name is Cold
My name is all your nightmares hold.
My name is fixed
My name is all
My name is in every lost soul’s call.
I am here
I am there
I am within the darkest stare.
I am the shadows
I am the light
I am the thing haunting your dreams at night.
My name is forgotten
My name is unknown
My name is in the shiver on your neck when you think you are alone.
©C. O’Connor, 2016
#3 – Less
I just ripped off a piece of my skin.
I ripped off my soul.
Slowly
Painfully
Ripping
Shearing a piece of myself away.
Now I am a little less of what I was
only minutes before.
©C. O’Connor, 2016
Short
Maybe I’m broken?
Maybe I let down.
Possibly the light will end
the road will drown
and life will cry out loud.
©C. O’Connor, 2016
#2
Distracted
Distanced
Losing Ground
Cursing
Compounding
Falling Down
Can’t find my way
Don’t look there
They take souls
They take you
Kidnap
Heart Attack
Who are you?
©C. O’Connor, 2016
Would you?
If I told you to do it
would it be okay?
Would you?
If I said okay
If I gave you permission
would you?
Can you?
Do you even know?
Could you know?
Unless the situation was posted
right in front of you.
If I told you to do it
would it be okay?
Would you?
©C. O’Connor, 2016
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