Escapism

Escapism

A Poem by April

Taste remorse bleeding from my lips,
Feel the pain of my dreams unleashed.
Shooting stars struggle to eclipse
One last flash of a perfect wish.

 

Make the way with me,
Help my spirit flee,
Set my soul free,
It is smothered.
Let me find my place
In this tempting haze,
In the night's embrace,
I am bothered.

 

Hear the sounds, deafened sounds
Of reveries' lullabies,
As I reach spaceless bounds
Of welcoming purple skies.
Yes, I live just this way,
But it's an illusion, fake,
And I curse the damned day
That finds me to wake me.

 

Trapped by the truth,
I curse its majesty,
Dreams of my youth
Lose sense of gravity.

 

I'm not sane, not mad,
Not alive, not dead,
Shades of past regret
Haunt me farther.
I am straying blind
With my truth denied
On the other side
From the others.

 

Hear muffled sounds, deafened sounds
Of reveries' lullabies,
As I reach spaceless bounds
Of welcoming purple skies.
Yes, I live just this way,
But it's an illusion, fake,
And I curse the damned day
That finds me to wake me.

 

Quelling silent screams,
All alone,
Listing paper dreams
On my own,
I am sick of this
Absurdism,
what's the way it is?
Escapism!

 

Dreams are all shattered,
What could be worse?
Doom of the life in fetter,
Filled with the same remorse.

 

Fight or surrender?
Shield or defender?
I'm helpless at anything.
Thoughts of despair
Twirl in the air.
I'm losing my everything.

 

Hear muffled sounds, deafened sounds
Of reveries' lullabies,
As I reach spaceless bounds
Of welcoming purple skies.
Yes, I live just this way,
But it's an illusion, fake,
And I curse the damned day
That finds me to wake me.

© 2010 April


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Russian poets have many great lyricists and you are of them descended I imagine! The first half of this piece was very powerful to me. April I guess it's your month! You are as a dream escaping time...

Posted 13 Years Ago


Deep and rigorous. I felt the intense, emotions that you exerted from this poem. Great write to read. Enjoyed it.

Posted 13 Years Ago


I think the part that stood out to me most was the living the haunted life in fetters bit. Anyone that's suffered from some kind of traumatic pas events will have to live with the fact that they're always going to be haunted unless they've got something to bury or release thost sentiments with. Escapism is the easiest way to cope, and I can't really harp on anyone for doing it because I do it too, here, in writing. I can't drink excessively or do drugs so I write songs and stories to get it out. Dreams are some people's escape, drugs, booze, sex, religion, we've all got one. But you bring to light the true nature of why we have them here, and that is just plain excellent.

Posted 13 Years Ago



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April
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St. Petersburg, Russia



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