darkness

fade to black...

Darkness

 

I am here and you are there.

I contemplate this from my chair.

From here I languish and abide

my life that passes as I hide.

 

This world can be a scary place

as I with all the rats do race,

Pushing, shoving...striving hard

To have a life THEY can regard.

 

The world moves at a frantic pace;

I see the blur here from my place.

I want to run...to vie...compete

But fail where heart and actions meet.

 

I should get up...I’ve things to do.

With industry, start something new.

My path has changed...meandered...true,

but here I sit and nothing do.

 

I care for nothing...all else fear

and never let my loved ones near;

Afraid this pall contagious is

as I descend in this abyss.

 

I fall alone...my eyes are shut.

I pinch myself here in this rut.

Is this my end? No other choice?

No cause in life I could rejoice?

 

I used to work and happy be.

I grabbed at life; possessed the key.

The little things appreciate.

For destiny...I did not wait.

 

And as these recollections made

the gloom and dark impression fade.

They lit a spark and slowed my fall

and helped me see beyond this wall.

 

Through opened eyes I glimpse the beams

of light that filter through the seams;

an aura on dark summer clouds.

I rise...I walk...rejoin the crowds.

For I am here and you are there;

your glow beyond gives comfort here.

Your sunbeams pierce; my dolor leaves,

They help me see...to hope...believe.

 

I brace myself; go meet the day.

I’ll skin this cat another way

and in my mind I you embrace.

I smile...re-join the human race.

 

 

 

Reviews

[Samuel Dickens]

An excellent-constructed poem describing a not unfamiliar thought process, moving from dark despair to hopefull light.

[FlawedByDesign]

The dark undertone is prevalent from beginning to the last stanza, but it's the acceptance of the predicament you find yourself in and the subsequent leap forward, that steals the show in the last stanza.

Well done.

[Ed Hart]

it doesn't look like we're fading to black to me...a reason and roadmap for hope

[NoneOfYourBusiness akaK..]

smooth cathartic motion~a beautiful insightful gaze inward~

[Creepy Swine Guy]

Certainly a catchy poem with much more depth than the light tenor might suggest. My only beef is I wonder if coming out from ones cave is wise in this world.