Poisonous Forest

My roots are depression
And my heart is rejection
My limbs are falling
In every direction
 
I'm planting a forest 
Full of dead trees
My soul was dearest
Before my life started shattering
 
There are animals living inside me
They're all rabid beasts
You were important to me
Before they made me stop caring 
 
Night lock is growing inside me
And throughout my body
I know I'm becoming deadly
It's inevitable, you see
 
I am bearing poisonous berries
And the animals can't stop feeding
It's an endless cycle 
Of my inside's internecine 
 
I hear birds chirping
They must've broken their wings
They want to get rid of me
So they start digging
 
I'm ready for some peace
But my grave is too shallow
Where will they bury me
And what has slowly come to be
 
They'll burn me instead 
And the forest that lies within 
Soon I'll be burnt to ashes
And be nothing but dead 

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