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.589Please respect copyright.PENANA4TaUbw3spj
Silence589Please respect copyright.PENANAgWMEZgCTLj
It seemed I looked on a world all round589Please respect copyright.PENANA9K5bt2GM5M
Where Hell with mortals heartlessly toyed589Please respect copyright.PENANAtxPasY4XRJ
I turned away for I had found589Please respect copyright.PENANAHWktqfxAPi
The Chaos globed dark amidst the void589Please respect copyright.PENANAhrI1kMqa9L
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I stood watching the sky disappear589Please respect copyright.PENANAyVn2y1gk8M
And writhing Terror coiled and bound589Please respect copyright.PENANA3OpItjBU5m
I knew it was there since I could hear589Please respect copyright.PENANA3vCdPmYfht
A deafening Silence full of sound589Please respect copyright.PENANAdHGUPVTng1
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The starlight burned out, lost in the deep589Please respect copyright.PENANANSRJ9DVJSm
Yet I remembered always my name589Please respect copyright.PENANAK6nbjUVJHU
Though the world was dead I would not weep589Please respect copyright.PENANAb7Xn2LKqTX
Triumph is what the Dark cannot claim589Please respect copyright.PENANAdOJGIdhm8b
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A song for the most abusive person I've ever met.589Please respect copyright.PENANA9vC6amGGas
Burn589Please respect copyright.PENANAfnE3X1QsFC
I’m bundled up589Please respect copyright.PENANAqpH2CduWz9
But it’s ice inside589Please respect copyright.PENANAuK9JE3oGQv
Your hatred burns589Please respect copyright.PENANAQfHul6uAT8
Below my cold pride589Please respect copyright.PENANAUHAkGbFLHz
There’s a spider in my soul589Please respect copyright.PENANA6qgMoluerP
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Hit me in the chest589Please respect copyright.PENANAU15L3MOgpp
With a flaming dart589Please respect copyright.PENANAJOBrJAje9K
The chasm gapes589Please respect copyright.PENANAZNYXVwMB9p
Into my heart589Please respect copyright.PENANAbQf4LsdO2e
The outside pours in589Please respect copyright.PENANAhYtpYwPdgz
But it’s not a part of me589Please respect copyright.PENANAhVFK2ZBp70
It freezes in the hole589Please respect copyright.PENANAgFkMdQSAwc
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The vultures tear589Please respect copyright.PENANA3LWK89916v
Rip and sunder589Please respect copyright.PENANAanzG9GHwuk
My pity from you589Please respect copyright.PENANAdurGR6pkmM
As they pull you under589Please respect copyright.PENANAO6FWn61gn6
Pierce your throat and take your voice589Please respect copyright.PENANAl5orgZpvqf
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Your dead lips speak589Please respect copyright.PENANAInEtlV756d
Your burnt body lies589Please respect copyright.PENANAW8qNWFC7qy
On the wet ground589Please respect copyright.PENANAHY79AIutAW
But I am too wise589Please respect copyright.PENANAMUGfItjKnU
To ever hate you589Please respect copyright.PENANAgt84ysObop
I will only despise589Please respect copyright.PENANAYt5zSW2KAa
You melt apart as I rejoice.589Please respect copyright.PENANAKoUwM8XT5H
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This is my attempt to describe the way depression feels, especially the kind that comes from writer's block.589Please respect copyright.PENANAnyxB6Gt9ZA
Nothing589Please respect copyright.PENANAp0eSQ3tocS
This world is all an empty hole589Please respect copyright.PENANAI8pCkWTe0B
Eternal falling, I descend589Please respect copyright.PENANAF7XgRwhLN5
Into the dark depths of my soul589Please respect copyright.PENANAbsBZFivb2a
The pathless void that has no end589Please respect copyright.PENANAdZl79VzlPV
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All blankly white, a blaze of same589Please respect copyright.PENANAtU4UmITNsf
Deadly joy that drinks my cries589Please respect copyright.PENANAYEqshEnqtO
My fear absorbed to feed its flame589Please respect copyright.PENANAPn8iP6fkoL
No spot of dark to save my eyes589Please respect copyright.PENANAhUfKvRKD6X
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I’m crushed within the empty space589Please respect copyright.PENANAWWbD8a3q8M
And powerless to resist589Please respect copyright.PENANADsB5vbXJmE
People here in this nothing place589Please respect copyright.PENANAn7ETS1EhLL
Attacked for daring to exist589Please respect copyright.PENANAdN6ZtPTFlc
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Oh lightning, split the solid sky589Please respect copyright.PENANAPcDnhxWZFL
Make me flash some kind of light589Please respect copyright.PENANAv96g6HwKu4
Oh hurricane, come be my sigh589Please respect copyright.PENANAyegpIaJqOm
Earthquake, swallow the black and white589Please respect copyright.PENANAtvTfMZudqN