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Poem Details
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| Title: | The Night |
| Author: | Linedance |
| Date Submitted: | 11/21/2008 |
| Poem: |
It slips around me, demanding my soul The sum of my broken parts, never the whole Infiltrating itself into my brain Leaving reason behind to feed the insane Reaching in; wrapping itself around my heart It works its way in; this is only the start The destruction of self, no more to be Where has it gone, and where is me? I am left with fear, sadness and doubt Pandora’s Box opens, emotion leaps out Flooding and flowing, as blood from a vein Only this blood brings with it unbearable pain The feelings sweep over me, hard and intense They are too fast and fluid to even make sense I am smothered, I cannot breathe Curse this possession, be gone now and leave Not that my asking would make it so I am helpless and captive; I watch darkness grow If I could touch it, I would strangle it dead Perchance it had a body I would shoot it in the head By day I look good, but this is too tough Morning comes they say, but not soon enough The darkness enhances the chances of doom I must go toward the light, and out of this gloom... |