Sink Me

I sit behind my closed window

Listening to the music of the wolves cry

Every night.

The lullaby sends me to dreams

Of sunsets, dying light,

Eternal fright of facing the sunrise.

When I wake I’m blinded by the candle of day;

As the wax melts it forms puddles of angst,

Static bays of uncertainty.

I keep my curtains closed

Covering my heart as it beats wildly in the dark.

I fear that this will forever be my ship,

And from these shores I will eternally embark.

Life, cast a storm to sink my sails

I need to be thrown into the sea

So I can swim to survive

And finally understand what it means to feel alive.

Reviews

[poetic soul]

its painful...tragic and beautiful at the same time!!! i really liked this read...good..damn good read... :)

[Alexanne Dauntless]

I really liked this. It's beautifully tragic. I love the uplifting ending. Very powerful poem, and very well written.

[Tony]

Very ethereal-- haunting but serene. "I need to be thrown into the sea"-- we sometimes need a little struggle and intensity "to feel alive".

[Fabian G. Franklin]

" Ah, the children of the night...what music they make!" Words of Dracula...Bram Stoker

Around here, we just have coyotes! lol And they are noisier and pestier than wolves. I love wolves! But the coyotes would eat my cat if I let him stay out at night! I like this piece of independance and struggle...well done.

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this is a lovely poem:

"The lullaby sends me to dreams
Of sunsets, dying light,
Eternal fright of facing the sunrise.
When I wake I’m blinded by the candle of day;
As the wax melts it forms puddles of angst,
Static bays of uncertainty."

~i really like the way u juxtapose the ending:
"Life, cast a storm to sink my sails
I need to be thrown into the sea
So I can swim to survive
And finally understand what it means to feel alive."
(WoW-simple Gorgeous!!!)

;)

[serpent]

awesome! Its a beautiful tale of war between pain, hopelessness and a zest for living. The first half of the piece highlights the presence of pain, darkness and angst...it gave me an idea that it will convey a message of sadness and void that the narrator is going through..however its just the last four lines that turn everything around...its important to face our fears to get rid of them... pain, an emotion if perhaps we all fear... and in order to get rid of it...it needs to be taken head on...
he last line is wonderfully creative...a perfectline to end a mesmerizing piece!~