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Gray Walls Of Reality
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Gray Walls Of Reality |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States 
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Gray Walls Of Reality By Paul Wilson I’ve been to that forbidden place Beyond darkness past the edge of reality You were there waiting for me Lurking in the shadows of my morality Puzzle piece in my hand won’t fit The mirror image can’t be found My world was a special place Now it’s turned upside down That line has been crossed No way to return to other side Darkness is closing in on me Within the shadows I try to hide You know all that I’ve done You were my partner in crime You were the voice within my mind I tried to resist time after time I roam these endless halls each day Counting specks of dust on floor The others don’t know I’m here We’re all searching for that special door Little white pills keep me in check Keepers feed us three meals a day Teardrops slide past edge of hope Soaking into these walls of gray I sit in corner of that forbidden place Where my shadow and I wait for reality Another day of fighting these demons Hoping one day they will set me free |
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Kethry Member Rara Avis
since 2000-07-29
Posts 9082Victoria Australia |
Paul, your words moved me because I've been in that place where you are and I tell you, you can be free all it takes is a little committment...or a long one. (Just kidding) However, there is light beyond the darkness even if you can't see it. Cheers Kethry Here in the midst of my lonely abyss, a single joy I find...your presence in my mind. Unknown |
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passing shadows Member Empyrean
since 1999-08-26
Posts 45577displaced |
I am listening, my friend  I do know you're there. |
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The Lady Member Rara Avis
since 2005-12-26
Posts 7634The Southwest |
"Teardrops slide past edge of hope Soaking into these walls of gray" a heartbreaker Paul so well done |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Thanks all for your caring replies. I wrote this trying to see things thru the eyes of my brother.I tried to capture his thoughts and feelings. He resides in a nursing home because of an accident when he was very young. I recently visited him and was very sad to see how much his condition had detoriated since I last saw him. His body is still with us even though he is just a shell of who he use to be as are the other residents of this nursing home even though I don't know them. It is such a sad situation and I would do anything for things to be different. ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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secondhanddreampoet Member Ascendant
since 2006-11-07
Posts 6394a 'Universalist' ! |
I am most sorry to hear about your brother! This is a truly (grandly) remarkable poem! |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
We can only hope he lives without pain and that his mind is at ease.... The suffering of one we love is a very tough thing to feel and live with. |
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serenity blaze Member Empyrean
since 2000-02-02
Posts 27738 |
just...hugs, Paullie.  sigh |
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Angel4aKing Senior Member
since 2006-09-27
Posts 1372USA |
Hope you feel better soon. we all build those gray walls sometimes... |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Thanks to each of you for caring. This is just one of those poems I had to write, to let my heart bleed a little. You are all such wonderful caring people, but more than that you are friends that understand the meaning of the words friendship and caring...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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Paul Wilson
since 2002-07-07
Posts 4711United States |
Thanks to each of you for caring. This is just one of those poems I had to write, to let my heart bleed a little. You are all such wonderful caring people, but more than that you are friends that understand the meaning of the words friendship and caring...Paul ~~To share my poems with you is to share my heart with you~~ |
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