Managed to fit all my books.
Most I haven’t even started.
I feel the weight on my shoulders lift,
Nonetheless, it never mattered to me
I still cherish each one.
The third has my companions,
During the lonely nights.
Ones that’ve seen it all,
So they have a special place.
The fourth has my memories.
Written by people who’ve long since
Some bring a smile to my face,
And books of my suffering.
I wish to seal this box the fastest,
It sits behind the others,
For it is the smallest one amongst them.
I brush off the thought and look around
At the room I dared to call my own.
Despite the messy imprints of where
For my companions have already been
Save for the ones I cannot do a night without.
I decide to stop at the fourth box,
As I felt sleep begin to make its way
I take one last look around,
That has been choking me out
And suddenly the sight of my bare room
Felt less like the loneliness
I desperately wanted to cover up
I lay back down on my bed.
Sleep begins to embrace me,
But silly thoughts keep me
There was a time that I thought
This would be the room that imprisoned me,
Or the one I would take my life in."
That’s not really funny…”
My thoughts start to drift.
Wasn’t as great as I used to think it was.
There were more bad memories
I think back on what memories I had here.
None bring a smile to my face.
Night after night of this horrible addiction.
That gave me horrible visions
Shameful as it is to admit,
I had planned my own death in.
I had planned my own end.
As my own guilt and cowardice saved me.
I snap back into the present as something—
Perhaps another trick of my mind—
Moves in the corner of my eye.
Because they won’t ever know
That just at the very back
Of the cabinet I had just emptied out
With paper written in neat writing,
For someone who always trembled.
One that told of everything—
One that was a testament to my end.
I sit in silence as my thoughts blur.
I’ll never have to come back.
I fall into sleep's embrace
Without any horrible visions.
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Was too lazy too lazy to use italics so you, yes, YOU the reader can decide where the stress is
Anyways have fun with this one! I didn't use much flowery language nor did I bother hiding it behind a metaphor
Possibly one of the most literal poems I ever wrote lol