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.594Please respect copyright.PENANA45GsScglPG
Silence594Please respect copyright.PENANAc0q41P5XyU
It seemed I looked on a world all round594Please respect copyright.PENANAx4gpviEHAl
Where Hell with mortals heartlessly toyed594Please respect copyright.PENANAbLGzYhmjwZ
I turned away for I had found594Please respect copyright.PENANAcDExNriY0j
The Chaos globed dark amidst the void594Please respect copyright.PENANATIAcY2ymLO
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I stood watching the sky disappear594Please respect copyright.PENANATLoAY2eIMn
And writhing Terror coiled and bound594Please respect copyright.PENANAtgqUYqdFka
I knew it was there since I could hear594Please respect copyright.PENANAx4c3YAZlab
A deafening Silence full of sound594Please respect copyright.PENANAAuqrLxeNru
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The starlight burned out, lost in the deep594Please respect copyright.PENANAvruvBTvQj3
Yet I remembered always my name594Please respect copyright.PENANAuBeBgFzgJu
Though the world was dead I would not weep594Please respect copyright.PENANAlMXjriw3WQ
Triumph is what the Dark cannot claim594Please respect copyright.PENANARzUY2UXOsK
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A song for the most abusive person I've ever met.594Please respect copyright.PENANApU1PTeXmHs
Burn594Please respect copyright.PENANAtUli7ll9JR
I’m bundled up594Please respect copyright.PENANALyK23wLt74
But it’s ice inside594Please respect copyright.PENANA6EFdgGlFLl
Your hatred burns594Please respect copyright.PENANALMTuLMxFhQ
Below my cold pride594Please respect copyright.PENANAWFya5u6lDe
There’s a spider in my soul594Please respect copyright.PENANAreQt0ew8iu
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Hit me in the chest594Please respect copyright.PENANAdWS8UFtZnV
With a flaming dart594Please respect copyright.PENANALpKQt6XENe
The chasm gapes594Please respect copyright.PENANAKggmsjvCqx
Into my heart594Please respect copyright.PENANAQE5IjqtP9k
The outside pours in594Please respect copyright.PENANAH1WthQVvqR
But it’s not a part of me594Please respect copyright.PENANAreWVy2RueS
It freezes in the hole594Please respect copyright.PENANAq7CRRdQbp5
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The vultures tear594Please respect copyright.PENANAbteZfHcT86
Rip and sunder594Please respect copyright.PENANA67kTaKoK5F
My pity from you594Please respect copyright.PENANAC6GoX4ClHS
As they pull you under594Please respect copyright.PENANAwFAxVdR0dJ
Pierce your throat and take your voice594Please respect copyright.PENANAh8OpVoKF8Y
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Your dead lips speak594Please respect copyright.PENANAdLAyv6fT3f
Your burnt body lies594Please respect copyright.PENANArizLniDWRo
On the wet ground594Please respect copyright.PENANAU31bBetWLY
But I am too wise594Please respect copyright.PENANA9iJhIbQb2U
To ever hate you594Please respect copyright.PENANAXtfWvGU3td
I will only despise594Please respect copyright.PENANAoQJjPBfYGg
You melt apart as I rejoice.594Please respect copyright.PENANANvGlbhKq0S
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This is my attempt to describe the way depression feels, especially the kind that comes from writer's block.594Please respect copyright.PENANAshxOfdxo0G
Nothing594Please respect copyright.PENANAOgKCrAvanN
This world is all an empty hole594Please respect copyright.PENANAguBtIxPAcu
Eternal falling, I descend594Please respect copyright.PENANAnpnenafImI
Into the dark depths of my soul594Please respect copyright.PENANAXZRmLvujeA
The pathless void that has no end594Please respect copyright.PENANASJDAxDWeGR
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All blankly white, a blaze of same594Please respect copyright.PENANAZYgysT8EVD
Deadly joy that drinks my cries594Please respect copyright.PENANA9ExvOnyMpR
My fear absorbed to feed its flame594Please respect copyright.PENANAkhIAhZIjdq
No spot of dark to save my eyes594Please respect copyright.PENANASvtSl0Y7lD
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I’m crushed within the empty space594Please respect copyright.PENANALYJu7Ejszg
And powerless to resist594Please respect copyright.PENANAx4MU85lC6o
People here in this nothing place594Please respect copyright.PENANAVlah7idd46
Attacked for daring to exist594Please respect copyright.PENANAyGDPPjBtBa
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Oh lightning, split the solid sky594Please respect copyright.PENANAd1DxN6BHir
Make me flash some kind of light594Please respect copyright.PENANAA18MZ5cIfH
Oh hurricane, come be my sigh594Please respect copyright.PENANAVywvfHilJl
Earthquake, swallow the black and white594Please respect copyright.PENANAeR5jcKGum6