The Breaking
A Ritual. (Written to Radiohead Cover ‘Let Down’ by Mack Lorén)
A voice.
From nowhere.
From everywhere.
“Let it burn now.
The stage mask.
The spiritual costume.
The healer’s robes.
The part you play in public
while withholding truth in private.”
He screams.
Finally,
he screams.
Not at the gods.
At himself.
He screams
for the boy inside who never felt seen.
He screams
for the man he became to survive.
He screams
because he’s never once told the truth out loud
and now it’s tearing through his body
like a divine song.
And when it’s over—
when the screams
become sobs,
become breaths…
He collapses.
Not peaceful.
Not healed.
Just… empty.
For once,
empty in the right places.
And then,
a whisper:
“Now. Begin.”
-Shannon Mack
About the Creator
Shannon E. Mack
Hello, friends and fellow writers! I am a 37-year-old writer diving in for the first time. Working on a literary fantasy romance novel and sharing poetry along the way.
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