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Gene
Senior Member

since 2000-01-23

Posts 935
Colorado, USA

0 posted 2000-02-11 06:51 PM

"Silently Screaming"

In silent screams of desperation, I live my thoughts alone--
no one home to hear my tears--no one there to care.

Ten-thousand angry voices echo through my head,
with screams, so quietly deafening,
but not a word said--
yet, so clearly shouting,
thoughts I’ve learned to dread.

So many times, I’ve wished that I
could leave this haunted house of mine,
to be somewhere else instead, far away from time.

But I can’t escape the confines of this body, I call mine.
It has me trapped within it’s keep,
where endless thoughts, forever seep
inside, deep into my unconscious mind.

Forever, silent in despair,
these thoughts, I can no longer bear.
They claw and tear and pull my hair,
until I’m left completely bare--my body, in total disrepair.

So, without the body to impair,
my soul is left to soar the air,
in search of new hosts, for which to share.

Released from the physical, I become invisible,
free to roam, I find a new home,
only to discover ten-thousand more angry souls trapped inside,
silently screaming, in despair.

_____

~Gene

JOY 14
Senior Member

since 1999-09-22

Posts 1419
Wisconsin USA

1 posted 2000-02-11 07:05 PM

This is dark! Gene, you seem to be more than "Silently Screaming" in this poem.

Joy

Janet Marie
Member Laureate

since 2000-01-22

Posts 18554

2 posted 2000-02-11 09:08 PM

hey gene..nice to see you here in DP...
this is very good and different gene...not like your other poems I've read...its VERY well expressed and written...a very deep look with in...
janet marie

...found your heart-then lost your lover...licked your wounds then run for cover...
take your time...there will be another...
and dont make the same mistake twice...
unless you can pay the price...
Dan Fogelberg

Gene
Senior Member

since 2000-01-23

Posts 935
Colorado, USA

3 posted 2000-02-12 03:02 PM

Joy,
I thought no one else could hear me screaming. Actually, this isn't that dark. It's just kinda gray for me.

Janet Marie,
Thanks, this may seem a little different, but that's because I've been hesitant about posting dark stuff. If I really expressed some of my thoughts, it might scare people. I've had more pain in my life than anyone should have to endure. It's just that I've lived with it for so long, that I'm used to it.

~Gene

Munda
Member Elite

since 1999-10-08

Posts 3544
The Hague, The Netherlands

4 posted 2000-02-29 03:47 PM

Thanks goodness I found you.

That's one heck of a good poem your wrote there Gene.
"Silently screaming, in despair", I can relate to that. If you ever want/need to talk Gene, I will be there, for I care and you're terribly missed at the Pub.
Take care my friend.
((((((((((HUGS))))))))))

Munda

meg071898
New Member

since 2000-01-14

Posts 4

5 posted 2000-02-29 09:45 PM

Great imagery Gene, you seem to have a alot of darkness in your life. My favorite line is "with screams, quietly deafening", I can really relate to it.

devinmaria
Member

since 2000-02-14

Posts 130
Middletown, Ohio

6 posted 2000-02-29 10:30 PM

"Released from the physical, I become invisible"

powerful stuff. great poem u_gene. thanks for sharing it.

aimee

Trust I seek and I find in you. Everyday for us something new. Open mind for a different view, and nothing else matters. --Metallica

Jannel
Member

since 2000-01-18

Posts 492
Muncie, IN, USA

7 posted 2000-03-01 12:36 PM

everyone has pretty much said everything i thought already, but i just wanted to say that i really enjyed this. especially the line aimee quoted.
jannel

"I'm just saying
that we've mistaken one
for thousands of words,
and for that mistake
I've caused you such pain
that I damn that word."
-10000 Maniacs "Jezebel"

Isis
Member Ascendant

since 1999-09-06

Posts 6296
Sunny Queensland

8 posted 2000-03-01 05:47 AM

Powerful and different in thinking, I liked this

May the world hug you today,
With it's warmth and love.
I pray it whispers a joyful tune in your heart,
That tell you there is a friend sitting in another corner of the world,
Wishing you well and
wishing you love......
~Isis~
(Goddess - Sovereign of the Spirit)

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