Wake me when it's over

It is painful to be drained of one's light but it is not painful to enlighten the temporary darkness.

Wake me when it’s over

I peel my skin, but the stains are still there.

Nesting in my soul, so I cannot re-forget.

These ‘monsters’ were always longing for my tear,

But their pitiful desires could never be met.

They pulled me into their darkness again,

For my pain is the thing that pity cannot reset...

 

I scream ‘stop’, but ‘their’ smiles play ignorant.

Always wishing for my life to disconnect,

Why are they so fixated on my defect…?

My happiness is raped again, pregnant of their fake judgment.

Painting my body and heart with a bruise…

And leaving me to birth their own pitiful ‘issues’,

 

They can break every bone in my weary body,

But my soul shall never succumb to their violence.

For violence is for the weak and love is for the strong!

I am not the only one that longed for a guidance,

For many have but one thing to wish, a place to belong.

So their ‘leaves’ can finally revert to their once beautiful tree.

 

They can try to cloud our sky, but our sun will always shine,

For they have overlooked our boundary.

It is time for our true selves to wake up!

Construct your ‘materials’, for our hearts deserve a buildup.

 

You told me: “Wake me when it’s over”,

I shall remind you that you are still alive,

Shall we live life, so we may reach our eternal thrive?

Open your eyes, and may our souls feel eternal rapture.

©Mitchell Samuël Gordon

Author's Note

Many hearts have been tainted by bullies or abusive parents but as long as there is hope left in thy heart, salvation and happiness will not be an impossible dream but will become a part of your reality. For pain is temporary and happiness is permanent.

I do not own this image: http://len-yan.deviantart.com/art/lovemarks-491441391

Reviews

[barleygirl]

I like your message of strength & resilience. Being a survivor of long-term childhood abuse, I see many aspects of my journey in your words, especially the idea of feeling broken, but never defeated. Besides the physical abuse in my childhood family, there was a culture of criticism rather than nurturing. Your 2nd stanza states this in a very original way, as I went on to be a critical person myself, for part of my life (pregnant & birthing their issues). This is an anthem for those of us who won't be permanently transformed into similarly ugly people.

[Nightfeather]

I am glad that you could see yourself in it and find strength in it. The world can be a dark place but it is up to you light the world with your torch. In radiance, may we find hope. You have cleverly understood the hidden message of this poem, my intention for this poem is a anthem to don't make the same mistakes as ugly people. Thank you for your insightful review :)

[Lyingwithlions]

Outstanding piece. I love the imagery in your writing. The message is always on point.

"They can break every bone in my weary body,
But my soul shall never succumb to their violence.
For violence is for the weak and love is for the strong!"

Thank you for sharing! :)

[Nightfeather]

Thank you for your kind words :D

[Eternal Devotion]

This is incredible! I'm now overflowing with emotions

[Nightfeather]

Thank you, I am glad that my poem has made such an impact on you :)

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Well craven emotions of human pain. Go very deep I feel inside of me. Victims can rise but they need our help. Without us they never make it. Good you write about them. thanks.

[Nightfeather]

Thank you and you are right. They can't get any hope without the help of others. For humans should give each other hope in times of need :)

[Dak]

This is the kind of writing that really speaks to me. i love the imagery and the strong theme. thank you for this writing

[Nightfeather]

Thank you for your kind words. I am glad that you liked it :)

[Aprille]

This poem really got me. I love imagery and symbols, words creating pictures and at the same time, bringing out strong emotions, reaching out to whoever is reading. Thanks for sharing a beautiful piece.

[Nightfeather]

No, thank you for such a beautiful review :)

[Aprille]

You're welcome. :)

[butterfly desire]

I really love this it is full of emotion
and the word imagery was beautiful
this really touched me and I love when
poetry reaches out and grabs me
just wonderful writing .

[Nightfeather]

Thank you, your words have brought happiness in my heart :)

[butterfly desire]

Your welcome Iam glad I could bring
you joy that should be our goal in life to bring
joy to at least one person every day we are given breath

[Nightfeather]

I agree for 200% with you. If one can make even one person enjoy something, one can taste the sweet nectar of being a true human :)

[butterfly desire]

Your right on friend

[Nightfeather]

Thank you :)

[butterfly desire]

You are welcome

[minder]

hallo nightfeather ik ben ook een dichter en gamer,ik kom uit rotterdam en andere mensen vinden mij een beetje een nerd maar daar ben ik trots op. jouw gedicht brengt mijn gedachten tot leven.

[Nightfeather]

Goedzo, wij nerds (zoals mensen ons noemen) zijn wel de gene die later heel veel geld gaan verdienen en ik ben blij dat mijn gedicht jouw heeft laten denken :)

[Depth of Woman]

Well I must say Nightfeather that your imagery is beyond advanced in terms of writing to paint a picture. Bravo! I could read this poem again, there are pieces to be fit together, I like your flow. I'm with you on the theme, it's a very true and real theme...being bullied and abused growing up, I can say that love is the stronger versus violence, and really great job with the imagery! Soooo very profound!!!

[Nightfeather]

I can't even tell you how happy I am by reading your kind words. The ones who abuse and or bully are the ones with the weakest heart and they blame others for their weakness. They bathe in their own unfairness but there are people in the world who fight this evil. Organizations, groups, people, writers,etc. We should remind the world that humanity must not fall to such evil. That's why I wrote this poem, for I was also a victim of bullying but hope did not left me and now the chains of bullying do not restrain me anymore. Love will always prevail and love has saved my soul :)

[Depth of Woman]

That's inspiring! I love that you are sharing your experience in a positive light to help others who are suffering. I do this in other ways too. It is not just people being abused, but our planet very much so. Human nature has gotten off track and evolution is nothing more than bad choices and new problems to resolve!!! The stress in our environment and our work place and our families has lead me to conclude the fight is very big!! But you are right, with love, I am saved, love heals, love over comes, love does not boast nor does it become selfish...love has saved me to live a meaningful life to overcome my horrific past traumas to do very much with abuse and bullying. I have a hard time writing my emotions out about what I went through in those times...I get very black out...but maybe you have inspired me to look deeper. What type of imagery helped you heal through your writing?