Plunge

Tonight the city sleeps

The night-line is obscure

The streets are vacant
No one knows the pain the city endures

On evenings like these
When the horizon meets the sea
While the cars are parallel with the universe
Tonight, no one will be the escapee

Tonight the streetlights have grown vague
Everyone will close their shades
The outside will go black
The city will be as a game of charades

Take your place,
Take cover
The city will be gone
No one will be able to recover

Tonight the sea will die
The wind will cease
But no one get confused
This plague is no peace

This city is different
Blessed with a curse
Fore every ten years
Most tourists leave in a hearse

Tonight this city will plunge out of the sky
The night will be silenced, no one will speak
All lights will refrain, all weather will conclude
Tonight this city will prove who are the weak

There's no where to run
No where to hide
No where is safe
Tonight no one's fear will subside

On nights like this, where no one knows
The uncertainty will engulf the sky
Because tonight I am part of the City of the Dead
Where no one's dreams are able to fly

Author's Note

This whole poem is basically a metaphor about someone you love crushing your dreams and ruining your life.

Reviews

[The Rock And Roll Cowbo..]

Before reading your author's notes it was as if you were predicting the super storm that hit the east coast... or even so it could be the premise for an action movie. Nonetheless great work.

[Speak in Silence]

I never actually thought about that and then I went back and re-read it. That's so ironic! lol anyways thank you (:

[The Rock And Roll Cowboy(REBEL WITH A CAUSE)]

My pleasure.

[Speak in Silence]

Well done, i liked it.
Hauntingly beautiful.

E.L.

[Speak in Silence]

Thanks (:

[Jason Dyer]

Very vibrant atmosphere yet filled with intriguing mystery. It's as if you are saying "I'm here to scare!" Keep up the excellent and inspiring work! You make this site more enjoyable.

-D

[Speak in Silence]

Thank you (:

[Jason Dyer]

Check out my current contest. Top prize gets their story featured on The J. L. Dyer Official Facebook.

http://www.writerscafe.org/contests/Happy-Hauntings%21/46812/

[Speak in Silence]

Okay I will (:

[Speak in Silence]

I can't enter :( none of my writing falls under the guidelines

[Jason Dyer]

I just changed it to "any writing" and for the genre's I included "fiction" and "horror". I don't like how they restrict it. Hopefully you can submit something now.

[Speak in Silence]

Okay, I will see if it works

[Speak in Silence]

Oh and also if you want your contest to include any writing you don't have to put anything for the genres, just if you wanted to know (:

[Jason Dyer]

really? I'll check again but I clicked "all genres" and was told I needed to keep it at three... hmmmmm

[Speak in Silence]

Just un-click all of them and then click all genres

[Jason Dyer]

I did. It worked now. Just hope everyone reads the description.. lol Thanks for the help.

[Speak in Silence]

No problem (:

[D.M]

This was amazing, impacting, and the emotion was foretold well. You're really good! Keep writing!

[Speak in Silence]

Thank you (:

[Mystik]

Well done. I like it

[Speak in Silence]

Thanks

[Hester Vane]

You expressed the metaphor perfectly. Well done!

[Speak in Silence]

Thank you

[Fréyjä Helv..]

The emotion here is pretty much obscured. But that's just me. The metaphors and imagery are great. Well written.

[Speak in Silence]

Thank you

[That_Guy]

I like the analogy, well done

[Speak in Silence]

Thank you (:

[Steven Cash]

You are really really good at this

[Speak in Silence]

Why thank you (:

[Steven Cash]

np

[Panda11598]

I relate to this right now. This is great. I could really feel the emotion coming from it. Great job, as always :)

[Speak in Silence]

Aw I'm sorry this has happened to you. I've been there too. Thank you (: