Nothing

I've no real title for this as I've just written it, but please feel free to suggest one.

Twisting, churning, sitting in this chair

Look out the window, there's light out there

Yearning and need, weapons of war

Used like hammers, retreat from the pain.

Twisted sheets, soft pillow under my head

Might as well be stone, empty as the dirt

No words flow, nothing created, wasted

Dreams not shared, empty and hollow.

An endless sea of time, black and roiling

Before me, behind me, around me, within

The docks twist beneath, darkness abounds

A nightmare landscape that drinks the light away.

The ferryman awaits his coin, small and golden

Between my nightmares, and my dreams

Happy thoughts, the coin of the darkness

I've spent them all just to get here.

I have nothing left.

Reviews

[Silent Serenity also kn..]

Sounds just like how I feel when I have nothing to write yet I know there's tons in there screaming to come out.....Wow I must say....very intense actually.... The very last verse is my favourite.....
The ferryman awaits his coin, small and golden
Between my nightmares, and my dreams
Happy thoughts, the coin of the darkness
I've spent them all just to get here.

God does that line every speak volumes to me
I wish i had the ability to write something right away like you manage to do, it's a talent I have yet to master.....thank you for sharing

[Solitary Traveler]

As always, you are too kind. Thank you.

[MsJewel]

You have created some wonderful images in this dark poem. I think the title you have chosen suits your words, but I also like empty and hollow - a phrase you used. The entire poem is great, but the last stanza really is brilliant. It sums everything up so well. Great writing
:) Julie

[Solitary Traveler]

Thank you for the kind review. The downward swing is always my most creative.

[Christoph]

That last full stanza is killer. I really liked that.

[Solitary Traveler]

thank you.

[Sami Khalil]

This was a wonderful write. I like the imagery in it too...:)................

[Solitary Traveler]

Thank you.

[Sami Khalil]

You are welcome...:)...............