Wanting (A Sonnet)

A sonnet

On wings of ravens, your sanity flew.
Taken to the shadows, your mind is lost.
Life's cruel fist, and melancholia, you knew.
You traded it all for such a high cost.
Too far gone in distant time, your eyes.
I can't go to where you have wandered late.
In pain, you can grow, but you bought the lies.
How does your vast and empty world now rate?

I read of sanity lost in old books
But never thought it would happen to us.
Thank God you are immune to all the looks.
In my weakness, I scream, you succubus!
I wish I could have saved you from yourself.
And now my love sits lonely on a shelf.

Author's Note

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Reviews

[jacob erin-cilberto]

Shades of Poe...we would love to be capable of saving people from themselves, but truth is...only they can bring themselves back from the precipice.
They have to want to come back.
I wonder if Poe did...I wonder if Sylvia did...I wonder if Berryman did.
I was there once...I wanted to come back even if I didn't consciously know that...and i did.
j.

[Thomas W Case]

I as well. Thanks for reading and commenting.

[Soren]

I can feel the pain in this write. It calls from the netherworld and no echoes return it rings like a silent bell. Great write Thomas

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you so much, I appreciate that.

[Ken Simm.]

An excellent use of the form Thomas. Superb writing.

[Thomas W Case]

Much appreciated Ken.

[Chris Shaw]

I could relate to this sonnet. There was someone I tried desperately to save. It was all my effort. She wasn’t prepared to help herself. Incredibly frustrating and painful to experience.

Chris

[Thomas W Case]

Yes, it can be a hell if they don't want saving. Thank you for commenting.

[Neville]

Oh' dear heart, thou hast exceeded thyself .. bravo sir poet .. Neville

[Thomas W Case]

Thank you, brother.

[JessyJacob]

An idle mans mind is devils workshop

Whom to plot whom to fyck

But a silent mind does everything what is right to do .

I think you very well know where you are

Keeping writing is making you a confused
Better
Not.

[Thomas W Case]

Thanks for reading.

[JessyJacob]

Feeling hungry
No station nearby
I need some tea atleast

What are you doing ??