This is the first poem I ever wrote. When I was about eight years old, I used to have a problem with tinnitus at night. I would get a terrible nightmare, (which I cannot recount even now) then wake up crying silently. I didn't dare to move, not for fear of the dark, but of the roaring absence of sound. This is my best attempt to describe the experience.588Please respect copyright.PENANAcASZqGGmKZ
Silence588Please respect copyright.PENANA6xXCWE6byv
It seemed I looked on a world all round588Please respect copyright.PENANAkl4PpzlaGz
Where Hell with mortals heartlessly toyed588Please respect copyright.PENANAtEKdYhMCwD
I turned away for I had found588Please respect copyright.PENANAcUWS5qc40p
The Chaos globed dark amidst the void588Please respect copyright.PENANAygKKrDHIxp
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I stood watching the sky disappear588Please respect copyright.PENANA0elOHzsWwV
And writhing Terror coiled and bound588Please respect copyright.PENANAvGi3LafH65
I knew it was there since I could hear588Please respect copyright.PENANAdmUqqf5IU7
A deafening Silence full of sound588Please respect copyright.PENANAQSl1LAWvCB
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The starlight burned out, lost in the deep588Please respect copyright.PENANAfe5jniFCjP
Yet I remembered always my name588Please respect copyright.PENANAqr9I0ihRKi
Though the world was dead I would not weep588Please respect copyright.PENANA5Jsj1KOYHm
Triumph is what the Dark cannot claim588Please respect copyright.PENANA4CII4G2P9k
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A song for the most abusive person I've ever met.588Please respect copyright.PENANAObMspkbni3
Burn588Please respect copyright.PENANASk6behH2ix
I’m bundled up588Please respect copyright.PENANAokm133XWfr
But it’s ice inside588Please respect copyright.PENANA4shl5ooRky
Your hatred burns588Please respect copyright.PENANAjK8VDCKF7u
Below my cold pride588Please respect copyright.PENANAMfwJfZGETY
There’s a spider in my soul588Please respect copyright.PENANAqzCH9ey53g
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Hit me in the chest588Please respect copyright.PENANACPzhgr4Rcq
With a flaming dart588Please respect copyright.PENANA386bt3uFMo
The chasm gapes588Please respect copyright.PENANANHPW9WOnH3
Into my heart588Please respect copyright.PENANAAODDzA7bzp
The outside pours in588Please respect copyright.PENANAsLbTTmT7Qq
But it’s not a part of me588Please respect copyright.PENANAm4J1778emV
It freezes in the hole588Please respect copyright.PENANAi6FtNVxm3Y
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The vultures tear588Please respect copyright.PENANAeig2O1MTXh
Rip and sunder588Please respect copyright.PENANA5r3MGWdRVG
My pity from you588Please respect copyright.PENANAKY0EnANs2z
As they pull you under588Please respect copyright.PENANAFRISzvcndN
Pierce your throat and take your voice588Please respect copyright.PENANAC5hpvRDKxn
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Your dead lips speak588Please respect copyright.PENANAvxJv3ro6AP
Your burnt body lies588Please respect copyright.PENANAIkdSYTNLhj
On the wet ground588Please respect copyright.PENANAGRR61YV75F
But I am too wise588Please respect copyright.PENANAUluZn1RDHd
To ever hate you588Please respect copyright.PENANAr0dztiJ5Kz
I will only despise588Please respect copyright.PENANAxOCuQ08vd7
You melt apart as I rejoice.588Please respect copyright.PENANAlIT8kNWt0V
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This is my attempt to describe the way depression feels, especially the kind that comes from writer's block.588Please respect copyright.PENANAoPwfPwpmEf
Nothing588Please respect copyright.PENANARamCXMhChs
This world is all an empty hole588Please respect copyright.PENANAjcmFvO7nA1
Eternal falling, I descend588Please respect copyright.PENANAIK9c3fgbrA
Into the dark depths of my soul588Please respect copyright.PENANA2meuUL9E7U
The pathless void that has no end588Please respect copyright.PENANAZ1W8Xma53a
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All blankly white, a blaze of same588Please respect copyright.PENANAnQrrynfF9P
Deadly joy that drinks my cries588Please respect copyright.PENANAiIJKWTcTUH
My fear absorbed to feed its flame588Please respect copyright.PENANAeOLkFz5wWy
No spot of dark to save my eyes588Please respect copyright.PENANAu2t8hGMLan
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I’m crushed within the empty space588Please respect copyright.PENANAfbTprEnCsi
And powerless to resist588Please respect copyright.PENANAssysVHTEWh
People here in this nothing place588Please respect copyright.PENANAC0wioqxkTS
Attacked for daring to exist588Please respect copyright.PENANAc33i2gMqLa
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Oh lightning, split the solid sky588Please respect copyright.PENANAZ5gDZCyiRx
Make me flash some kind of light588Please respect copyright.PENANAxXzM8b3WYf
Oh hurricane, come be my sigh588Please respect copyright.PENANAWJzJ8HVIjq
Earthquake, swallow the black and white588Please respect copyright.PENANAgd9CXuDhHd