Nothing At All

Play the song

I am the dark you see when you close your eyes

I am the initial shock to a saddening surprise

I am the whiteness reflected in the snow

I am that broken stranger than nobody knows

I am

Nothing at all

 

I am the bird that is perched in the tree

I don't look at you, so don't look at me

I am the blood spilling from the cut on your finger

I am the ember a dying fire lingers

I am

Nothing at all

 

I am the feeling you get when you wake

I am the smell of that newly baked cake

I am not God, neither friend nor foe

I am that broken stranger that nobody knows

I am

Nothing at all

 

I am that girl with the tears in her eyes

I am the friend who holds secrets and lies

I am the drunk with a step by step pace

I am the coward with the tear away face

I am

Nothing at all

 

I am the jerk who nobody likes

I am the friend who holds secrets and lies

I am the tear that slides down your face

I am the horse who broke their leg in the race

I am

Nothing at all

 

I am the thing that wakes you up in the day

I am the thing that urges you to play

I am the itch buried deep beneath your skin

I am the feeling of emotions running thin

I am

Nothing at all

 

I am the ghost of the girl that once was

Who wasn't accepted, who's life was a faux pau

No care placed before her, no body at all

And all of them laughed when she finally took the fall

I am

Nothing at all

 

I am the memory you so desperately hide

I am the mourner who sits there and cries

I am the secret you hide from your friends

I am the time coming here to your end

I am

Nothing at all

 

Life is too hard for me, I want it all to stop

It's spinning so loudly, my ears have just popped

You all say you love me, it's a lie, it's a big big lie

I'm that girl who's friendship you hide

To you, I am

Nothing at all

 

Nothing at all

 

Nothing at all

 

 

 

 

 

I never was

I never will be

That was then

And this is me

And I am

Nothing at all

Author's Note

Reviews

[Haifa]

after all that, nothing at all? no way ! Well, your poem was really great. Good job!

[Shellie]

1st i thought it was going to be like that poem..you know 'I am not there I did not die' but it took a huge detour off into an incredible freefall of emotion but also seriously strong stuff. I mean the phrases you used are such common things, like waking up in the morning and you express yourself as all this which was an outstanding angle to come from. It was unreal!!!Well done!!!

[Marie Harrison]

What a remarkable writing of self expression!

[Molly]

I am the warmth of skin against skin,
I am the music that stirs you within,
I am the taste of a hot cup of tea,
I am the breath that gives unity,
I am everything.

I like what you're doing in this poem, and you capture that sense of utter triviality quite well. Brought to mind the lines "all in all we're just another brick in the wall" I feel this way a lot, but then it's the same little things that seem incredibly unimportant at one moment that are my whole world at other times. If that makes any sense....Either way, this is life, whether you take it as nothing or everything, it's made up of the little things you capture in your poem.

[Jonathan De Elvira]

this is incredible...
it's dark and catchy...
never saw that one from a dark poem..

[Mauricio Montoya]

great job in puting this piece together, Excellent write.

[Omar Fendri]

you're embracing tricky feeling of darkness and pain... Reading your poem, i felt your voice speaking aloud about hiding past-stories of grief.
Heartfelt words create a field of darkness that I sincerely felt it :)
nice piece
keep it up

[YouoweYoupay]

I can feel the soul of this write, and sometimes poems are more felt than they are understood. I can't say I know exactly what this poem is about, and at some points it sounded confusing, but I do think it's about a person who indulges both in pain and joy, both in cold numbness and warm heat. Lots of emotions, good simple rhymes, and a sad atmosphere through the stanzas. Inetersting write indeed. Thanks for sharing. Keep writing. C=

-Wella.

[Deepshikha]

This can be interpreted in so many levels. I especially like the transcendent meaning (which would be before the last two stanzas), that whatever It is exists as both everything and nothing.
The more in-your-face interpretation is JUST AS EPIC, though, and I love how you structured this. :D

[Angie Diane♥&hea..]

This was a good poem. And I love the song that you picked to go with it. I really think this was awesomeness. Thanks for sharing. :)