Heroine

Written Aug 10, 2014. (Personal favorite)

My throat is dry.

I thirst for broken words.

I cannot cry out even to seek.

My voice cracks at every attempt to speak.

Some things are better left unsaid,

But if I don't say something the darkness creeps into my head.

I want to breathe as though I can,

But as the clock ticks, there is a new excuse again.

I'm in pain.

I feel like I have lost my mind.

I shout but in vain.

It scares me to think of what I'll find.

I lie down to think it over,

But I forgot my world is ugly.

I raise my hands but slower.

I remember what I only want to see.

I don't know what's real anymore.

I doubt my existence.

I press my ear to the floor in hope of being able to listen.

My soul wanders somewhere and it won't come back to me.

I start to pick up the pieces,

But there is hardly anything.

My head is spinning and my thoughts are scattered.

I want the light to heal me but the dark can only flatter.

Why did it choose me to haunt?

I walk around lost and it's only me that it taunts.

I'm stuck in the world I created in my head.

One where nothing means everything

And everything means nothing.

I'm a fool to believe that there was hope in the end.

It all comes down to this.

Fierce and endless.

The strong versus the witless.

When the moment passes,

It'll remind me to salvage.

Reviews

[dan]

Maria, This piece is hauntingly beautiful. The irregular rhyme pattern you employ gives the piece an element of haphazardness that is actually quite appealing within your idea, your conceptualized meme.
I received your friend request; when I get one I always pay a visit to the requestors page to take a quick look, and I am duly impressed with what I found. I am gladly accepting your offer of 'friendship,' and I look forward to reading many more of your works. One tip: I have many, many friends, far too hard to keep up with my reviewing obligations like I should. I ask all of my friends to send me read requests; this guarantees that it WILL BE reviewed. thank you and take care...dan (Oh, and this is pretty unusual for me, my first read of your work, this excellent write, is being placed in my library favorites so I can read it again at my choosing.) take care...dan

[Isabel]

Thank you very much Dan! That means a lot I appreciate it.

[Wasekera S Chiphazi Ban..]

I can related to this ..Beautifup piece

[closed]

it's easy to become lost in a world of your own
especially if you're a creative person

but it's good to look at it as a blessing as well as a curse

kool write

-Dream