Life Goes On

Buried deep down under

In the depths of despair

Trying hard to find a way out

Of my never ending fear

 

From Carbon filled earth

My nails claw from below

I scratch my way out

Dirty from head to toe

 

From side to side I look

But only darkness meets my eyes

I stretch my hands foward

As anxiety begins to rise

 

Just then i see a glimmer

There is some light far away

I start moving forward

Towards the ember-like ray

 

Walking for what seems like eternity

I reach the now great light

My eyes need to adjust

To the world that's in my sight

 

I study people's faces

Identifying those of my past

I wonder if I can adjust

To the clock that moves too fast

 

I walk towrds my one love

I call out ther name

But she ignores my existence

As if I bring her shame

 

I run to my best friend

He has pictures on his wall

Acknowledges my existence

But doesn't answer my call

 

I run to mom and dad

The two I once made proud

Cant you just hear me?

Is my cry not physically loud?

 

I walk back into the dark

Feeling the loss and confusion

Wait! did somebody hear my cry?

Am I not just an illusion?

 

I turn around and see

My sister on the floor

Shes swaying back and forth

My pain makes her sore

 

Her painful eyes mirror mine

As she reluctantly says to me

"Life goes on, dear brother

It's the way it has to be"

 

Reviews

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

Pleasantly surreal with a hint of danger and explosive emotion, well written.

[The Analog Kid]

Very cool, surreal feel of what it's like to come back in the after-life. Straight forward write with decent rhyming. Kudos.