A Night of Numbing

It's a numbing kind of night.

Those eventual uneventful evenings

That every girl eventually experiences.

You don't laugh

And you don't cry.

Your family is smiling together

But you hide in your room.

Your favourite show you've seen

More times than you can count.

Your poetry book

Stocked full of your secrets.

Your beautiful pen

That makes you feel strong.

Your comfiest and softest clothing

That hold you like a hug.

These things

That you have created for yourself,

They make you feel loved

By yourself.

But it's distant,

A muted kind of feeling.

You can't feel it now

But their warmth will hold you

Through your nightmares.

A nonsensical kind of numbness

Numbing you nonsensically

On and on through the night.

Evidently the eventual uneventfulness

explain in every eventful way

Why us girls feel the feelings

We are forever feeling.

Reviews

[Farag Afify]

"A muted kind of feeling.
You can't feel it now
But their warmth will hold you
Through your nightmares."
very poetic and meaningful lines .. i wish you a brighten future at poetry world.

[Jade]

Your beautiful pen
That makes you feel strong.
Your comfiest and softest clothing
That hold you like a hug.

REALLY beautiful words here, This is a very good, wonderful well expressed write

[Dr. YumnaKay]

A nonsensical kind of numbing, indeed. I can remember feeling this way from a distant past too..and then the feelings come rushing back which hits us even more after being numb for so long...
Well written.

[Dave]

In so many ways I am so glad I'm not a girl. Having had two daughters I can almost understand the trials of growing up you and they experienced. "How do I look? How do others see me? What do my friends say about me?" I know these are just a few, but I think very few guys have had the same concerns. Its' tough growing up and I think its tougher for a girl. With this new age of enlightenment toward women I hope its' better for all of you.

Take care - Dave

[Serendipity Planet]

Sometimes its good to have those type of nights

Good poem :)