People in the Rain

People in the Rain

by Ahmad Cox

The night closes in

There are people out in the rain

People lost in the cold

There are people who don't really have a place

That they can really be

Trapped in themselves

Lost to the world

Not really knowing

How to connect to everyone else

Not really knowing

How to make sense

Of this crazy world that we take to be normal

There are people out there

Who don't know how to feel

They have gotten so used to being numb

Doing everything they can to remove the pain

The pain of the present

The pain of the past

The pain that memories bring

And the pain of knowing that what they are doing

To ease the pain

To stay numb

To get a little moment's peace

They will do whatever it takes

Even it means killing themselves

But often they don't care

They have gotten so far down

So far lost

That they feel like they deserve it

Like they can't do better

People can start to feel like their lives are one big track

That just keeps going around and around

Never really moving

Just continuing the same cycle again and again

But we are all lost in our own ways

Lost to the cold

Lost in the night

We all have our moments

When it feels like the night is closing in

When we feel like we are better off

If we just don't feel at all

If it would be better

If we made ourselves apathetic

So that way we wouldn't really have to feel the pain

Feeling others

And actually caring for someone other then ourselves

Having love and compassion in our hearts

It's hard sometimes

To open up ourselves

And to let go 

It can be even harder

To open yourself up

To feel all of the emotions

That we all feel

Whether it be joy

Pain

Sorrow

Peace

Whether we laugh

Or whether we cry

It's hard sometimes to allow ourselves to be present in what we are feeling

We all want to avoid pain in our lives

But if you spend your life running from yourself

Running from people

Running from the pain

And living in the night

Hurting and destroying yourself

And the people around you

Ultimately you will find yourself alone

Reviews

[Sugar Plum ♥]

very wise, full of meaning poem! all words make me think about my life and life in general, make me imagine all sadness in the world...Specially makes me feel how much your words are right! we always try to run from something/ someone, actually we can`t we make circles and go back to our heart, we can`t run from ourselves...even sometimes we want. I wish we could live with more open mind and heart, to love others, as u wrote to be "compassionate". I very much appreciate this qualities, is rarely to find now.. and u have them in ur poems :)
nour~

[Ahmad Cox]

Thank you. I really appreciate your kind and beautiful compliments. I know that it is the inner healer in me that likes to help and to heal people in some way and I try and do that through my poetry. I had a feeling you might be able to personally connect with this one

[Sugar Plum ♥]

i`m impressed...

[scripted]

this is all thuth and im glad someone else has open eyes tarward reality
great poem love it!!!

[Ahmad Cox]

I am glad you liked it