'Pain' from the ArtfortheEscape Group

Using art to escape what ails you.

Our recent task was to represent "pain" in art or literature form - this could be emotional, spiritual, physical or mental pain. These are the submissions from members of ArtForTheEscape. - druideye



P l a g u eWhen everyday
is a struggle
from the mind in which
you live within,
hour by hour
breathing gets harder
as your will devours.
Goals begin
to seem out of
reach and the sense
of reality slips away.
The oxygen I breathe
is like a poison to me.
You will never
understand because
as a matter of fact
the depths of this
so called 'depression'
cannot be explained.
It's a plague that lurks about
taking over your mind,
en-scripting self-defeating thoughts
that will exhaust you to your core.
Like a disease
that plagues inside of me
flirting through the
thoughts of death
admiring the fact
of ending all pain.
Penetrating all
that is left
sobriety seeks addiction
in attempt to gain control.
Just to get away
from thoughts that indulge inside
it's a mind game
that never goes away.
No matter the dose
you take
it still finds a way
to infect your daily thoughts.

PLAGUE by inspirational-dreams

When everyday
is a struggle
from the mind in which
you live within,
hour by hour
breathing gets harder
as your will devours.

Goals begin
to seem out of
reach and the sense
of reality slips away.

The oxygen I breathe
is like a poison to me.
You will never
understand because
as a matter of fact
the depths of this
so called 'depression'
cannot be explained.

It's a plague that lurks about
taking over your mind,
en-scripting self-defeating thoughts
that will exhaust you to your core.

Like a disease
that plagues inside of me
flirting through the
thoughts of death
admiring the fact
of ending all pain.

Penetrating all
that is left
sobriety seeks addiction
in attempt to gain control.

Just to get away
from thoughts that indulge inside
it's a mind game
that never goes away.
No matter the dose
you take
it still finds a way
to infect your daily thoughts.

Too LateTears fall down your face
Trying to hide all of your disgrace
Rounding a corner to see every fault
Every blemish another blur between the lines
You can't see the difference from love and hate
Never will until it's much too late
If this isn't what you thought your life would be,
What the hell were you thinking?
Destiny was never kind to you,
At least not for long
Honey-colored lies poured from the walls
As tales of betrayal crept all around
It's okay to cover your head,
We both know you don't want to be dead
As age plays its games no one truly sees
Just how bad you can be
Crimson blood writing your story
Do you want this to be your crowning glory?
They'll leave you alone with the thoughts in your head
All of those words left unsaid
The fight for your life is just stating now
Just like everything you went through before
Silent calls through words of unease
Creeping up on you like a disease
Push back the hate,
If only you'd remember it's never too late

TOO LATE by :devxsadowangelx:

Tears fall down your face
Trying to hide all of your disgrace
Rounding a corner to see every fault
Every blemish another blur between the lines
You can't see the difference from love and hate
Never will until it's much too late
If this isn't what you thought your life would be,
What the hell were you thinking?

Destiny was never kind to you,
At least not for long
Honey-colored lies poured from the walls
As tales of betrayal crept all around
It's okay to cover your head,
We both know you don't want to be dead

As age plays its games no one truly sees
Just how bad you can be
Crimson blood writing your story
Do you want this to be your crowning glory?
They'll leave you alone with the thoughts in your head
All of those words left unsaid

The fight for your life is just stating now
Just like everything you went through before
Silent calls through words of unease
Creeping up on you like a disease
Push back the hate,
If only you'd remember it's never too late

Depressed heartache
Depressed heartache
I wish I could've written all my misery down
I wish I could've cried it all away
Teardrops fallin', screaming the pain out of my heart
No one listens to what I had to say nor wanted
Did they have to see what hurt I've seen!
Did they have to hear from what I was running from!
Did they even feel the pain that made me want to hide forever?
Would they have even listened if they did?
Why?
Why wouldn't they listen to me
My pain and sorrow are so unbearable
But they are also so unbelievable!
Why? (screaming)
Why won't they see that I'm crawling deeper into my self?
My heart is bleeding, my soul restless
{Chorus}
Depressed heartache from all the pain in my head
Depressed heartache from all the pain that I cause
Depressed heartache when will it all stop
Depressed heartache when will I start believin'
I've lost all of my emotions
Have I lost my mind
--- More than once ---
I've tried to end it all
To outrun life, each chance I got
I would've given my soul for a second c Stop the inhumanityGive a plow for the grains.
Not guns to blow out the brains.
Give gas to cook a meal.
Not gas to kill for an ideal.
Clean water is an issue, not for us, we buy it.
They make nice things of bottles, for little profit.
Feed the hungry human.
Not the one who is killing, man.
Billions were given, nothing arrives.
Millions still die, in the end only the rich survive.
If money is the cure, weapons shouldn't be bought.
Food and medicin are needed, only battles have been fought.
Blood has been shed, tears have flown.
Hunger has taken his own course, has the answer been shown.
Turn your guns, into gardening tools.
Don't follow the rich, as they are greedy fools.

STOP THE INHUMANITY by Tap-Photo-and-Co

Give a plow for the grains.
Not guns to blow out the brains.

Give gas to cook a meal.
Not gas to kill for an ideal.

Clean water is an issue, not for us, we buy it.
They make nice things out of the bottles, for some profit.

Feed the hungry human.
Not the one who is killing, man.

Billions were given, nothing arrives.
Millions still die, in the end only the rich survive.

If money is the cure, weapons wouldn't be bought.
Food and medicin are needed, only battles have been fought.

Blood has been shed, tears have flown.
Hunger has taken his own course, has the answer been shown.

BeyondI wish I could throw
paint, my pain,
on canvas
I wish I could throw
words, my hurt,
on paper
Alas
I ache beyond expression.

BEYOND by Inevergiveup

I wish I could throw
paint, my pain,
on canvas

I wish I could throw
words, my hurt,
on paper

Alas
I ache beyond expression.

Know Serenity
Come 'ere...
you want it, you need it? I've got it...
if you need it, I know where you can get it when you want it...
Everything and nothing.
Gib mir mein Destillat!
To know serenity.
Do you know
serenity?
Take me to the world...
Take me to hel...
Take me.
Take everything.
And leave me
without a place
to stand,
without an emotion
to proceed.
Take it all,
just one
you can't,
you cannot take the sky,
and all I know is
that I'm gonna fly.
Jumping out of the window,
falling down to heaven.
Falling,
falling,
falling,
flowing
away
with it.
Drifting,
shifting
in shapes
and smoke.
Dancing into the sky
- as if you would fly.
Escape.
Run down the streets
over fields,
into the forest,
into the river,
to drown it in the cold water,
just for a moment,
just for a dream,
then come back,
awake.
Escape
to renew.
The scythe in my hand
the scythe on my arm
above the fire
above the cold veins
and ice cold blood.
Icicles through my heart
ever colder
tears turn solid
silver drops and diamonds,
a mirror lake