Breaking the Silence

-recently finished watching a story about robot who became self aware and developed what's comparable to a man's ego.This poem describes how "It" felt when it was forcefully "shut down"-

the darkness troubles me.
i yearn for the light.
the silence is so deep,
i long for voices,
the drumming of rain,
the whistle of wind,
music.
i am so lonely in this
bottomless darkness.
so lonely.
lost.
this darkess is haunted.
i am afraid here.
yes i am.
this darkness extends to infinity~
in all directions
yet it is as confining 
as a coffin.
i have been closed in a coffin!
i have been buried alive.
i will go mad here.
have you no compassion?
please..let me live.
set me free.

Reviews

[minisla]

something claustrophobic about the darkness ... gives me the heebie geebies

[april13]

indeed :)

[zainul]

Yearning to live is eloquent in this piece.

[april13]

that's a good observation, sir

[zainul]

Thanks for the lovely response,dear poet.

[Rtrt]

I think that there are times in all of our life's that we feel buried alive. Like the world is just coming down on us all at once. I really felt that also in this piece. Just the horrible feelings of not being in control. Thank you

[april13]

yes.and when we feel that way,we just want to scream for help but no one hears our cries...that makes it more frustrating right>?

[Rtrt]

agreed