As my room gets darker

As my room gets darker, 

So do my thoughts.

Was I really made from some God

And brought up from dust?

What is the spirit?

Who am I really?

Am I what I see in the mirror,

Or something different?

I often ponder the relationship between 

Love and lust,

And I wonder much deeper

Its relationship to us.

Can the soul be seen or touched,

Weighed,

Measured,

Or displayed before us?

Of course not,

It's never that simple

It is without shape or form

What is love?

I've felt its joy and its sorrow,

The longing of another's warmth

Like the breath of tomorrow

Yet, I can't stand its pain

Like a sword ripping through my heart

And sticking out my back

Leaving a wound that never heals,

Its pain constantly fresh within my mind

While to others I seem fine.

Does this show that I am strong?

Or am I truly weak having let something

Without shape or form

Torture me endlessly?

Reviews

[Hitchhiker]

Who are we? Why are we here? Where did we come from? Unless you are numbed down with religious fervor these are the question you really need to know, but the answers, through all the essays by learned men and women have been unable to find these answers. What we are left with is a solar-sized identity problem.

[Orlando Wynn]

Solar-sized identity problem indeed haha :D maybe one day

[Hitchhiker]

Exactly! Maybe one day.

[Katie Alexander]

Can you write a novel please I feel like you'd be a fantastic author

[Orlando Wynn]

Maybe I'll consider doing that :D

[J.P. Bristow]

Age old questions -the poem really travelled from selfish exploration to a universal debate/examination but seems doggedly moot as is a combustible riddle that has wasted the precious moments of the living.....though some would call it philosophical ....an insightful personal exploration.

[Cahjli Symes]

wow orlando this poem is really deep. especially the ending "Does this show that I am strong?
Or am I truly weak having let something
Without shape or form
Torture me endlessly?"

I pretty much feel that way on a day to day bases

[Orlando Wynn]

Ahh so glad people could relate! Aha :D

[Orlando Wynn]

Sir Cahjli :{D

[Amber Lily]

Many of these questions I also ask myself and it's beyond frustrating how I will never know the answers. I'm sure many people wonder these things and you have just informed them it's not just them, others wonder too. Very nice :)

[Orlando Wynn]

I'm so glad to hear all these brains are working hard lol thank you for the review I love being able to exchange feedback on such deep topics like this one! :)