My heart aches with emptiness as soon as I walk out the door.

I want to scream or rip my hair out as the loneliness settles in.

I dont want to feel this way about you… but I feel it anyway.

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Riccardo Bresciani

Its hard to love you so much that it hurts, especially when I have to leave your side.

Ive tried so hard to fight the feelings, to care less and detach.

Yet for some reason, I can never break the chain that binds us together.

I fight the rage that builds when I feel like second best.

Jealousy consumes me when you avoid me or seek solace in someone else.

I want to disappear and forget that I ever met you as the abandonment rolls in.

I dont want to feel this way about it… but I feel it anyway.

Ive tried so hard to turn off my brain, to distract and even self-soothe.

But no matter what, I can never find the voice of reason or decipher a grain of truth.

My body begins to tingle.

I close my eyes and fade away.

You say that well always be close, but today you feel so far away.

I dont want to feel this way about today… but I feel it anyway.

Its hard to stay present in a moment, especially one thats painful and terrifying.

Yet somehow nobody ever will, and therefore I cannot stay.

I dont want to love, nor do I want to hate.

I dont want to live, but I dont have the courage to die.

I feel trapped inside my body, but like the world also pins me down.

I dont think I can survive the storm another week or even another day.

This is my silent cry for someone to save me, to throw the rescue line before I drown.

I dont want to feel this way about anyone ever again… but I feel it every single day.