Matthew P. Haubert

Matthew P. Haubert

Beautiful Things

From my book Trauma: Songs and poems of failed life pg 52

I hear music,
It saddens.

I feel love,
It frightens.

I see light,
It burns.

I touch fur,
I feel death.

I feel happy,
It’s fake.

I laugh,
It’s fake.

When I see children playing,
I only feel pain.

When I see families hugging,
I only feel envy.

When I touch art,
I see only struggle.

When I see accomplishments,
I see only wasted time.

I filter out any good thoughts,
I only see black and white.

No in-between.

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