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Astraea Member
since 1999-11-09
Posts 378California! Yeah! Okay, I'm done now |
Tossing, turning, endlessly waking deep in sweat Closing eyes in bitter waste Breathing harshly as if it would be the last Aching all over like needles stuck beneath skin The pin is pressing deeper into the pain, needle-sharp Knowing what to do Letting blood drip away like tears Shuddering tremors that stir the soul's murmuring helplessness The moon is too bright, too full, too lonely And the stars are so far away Utterly at a loss, confusion surfacing from its cage The blankets never warm inside deep The wind never numbs the ache buried What is happening? Sipping at the air in baby caresses What's happened to the right? Why does everything seem so wrong? There is nothing left to explain Nothing penetrates this stupor fallen to Nothing to help or hurt this weakened state Nothing seen or heard to distract the drain O what wrecks the safety once known so well? Closing eyes, shrinking away from the light Creeping away to stalk among the shadows There and yet not Watching and not participating Healer and hurting O what irony is this feeling tearing apart the heart? Why must this burning feel like a blue fire made of ice? That's slowly taking over the things that had been felt Love drifting Friendships breaking Feelings beyond grasp And leaving nothing but a hateful emptiness An abyss not possibly filled A confusion to leave want and need unexplained To be alone and yet not, but lonely What's happened to what was known so well? Where has that comfort flown to? Suddenly there is nothing there to tell Only aching memories that haunt Looking inside, the world collapses And there could be only an answer to that ache That left more questions What had been there before, as feared, Was suddenly missing "Sometimes stars can only be seen in darkness." "Sorrow's crown of sorrow is remembering happier things." |
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sweetcollege_girl Senior Member
since 1999-12-03
Posts 872just about where I want to be |
Astraea.. WOW!  Your poem is wonderful! So full of description and feeling! Truly a teriffic piece!  |
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