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January 18, 2011
By davyjames BRONZE, Oak Park, California
davyjames BRONZE, Oak Park, California
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Favorite Quote:
“An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way. An artist says a hard thing in a simple way.” - Charles Bukowski


I live alone.

The home
that once felt so
crowded
now seems
colossal,
empty

Where is the
chaos
I once knew?

The quiet
scares me.

My mind
fills
the silence
with noise
that screams
louder

I tell myself
it's better.
That each
decibel
of that
chaos
was a
blade
shaking
in my head

but it's the
thoughts
in the quiet
that slice
deeper.

The author's comments:
Upon my sisters leaving the nest, and its effect on my depression

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