Playthings

Who's Running Your Game

The demons never win in the dark

They are my playthings which I use in the dark

I am not theirs because I control my dark

Playing Dodge Ball in Dark hallways of my mind

They are my playthings which I use in the dark

They battle hard yet always lose

Sitting on the edge of the blade of life

They are my playthings which I use in the dark

And always one foot in the light

Sitting between darkness and light

So I stay grounded in life.

But always keep in sight the light

NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE LIGHT

Author's Note

In review I often mention the demons in the hallways and today as I wrote it in a review I realized I may need to work that thought into something. And this is what has happened so far. This started to be a Senryu, but it got out of control.

Reviews

[Perkele.7885]

This is the best constructed poem that I personally have seen from you so far. You had complete control of your topic throughout and the poem ended as empowering as when it began.
Now, I am not into demons and the dark-side and such but, I do not have to be, I was in your capable hands throughout the poem.
Big time piece of writing.

[Willard Wells]

You humble me with your words. I like this myself more for content and message. And I also hope some will find some way to take control of all the noise in there minds. Once you control it to some degree, never 100%, you are much more at peace. The control you mention was a little help from my playthings. Appreciate your time young man.

[Zahra]

An inspirational write. We all have demons, but we must keep our faith in light. Thanks for sharing.

[Willard Wells]

Many of us travel on that ledge, but we all have to find the place that we are comfortable hanging on the edge. Thanks for allowing me to lure you to my goofy mind. Appreciate the time. Peace Out!

[Melissa Lynn Keeling]

Always one foot in the light. Yes Sir!
Sounds like playing with fire to me. If fire was the cold and dark side of insanity.
This has such a dark and dangerous yet FUN feel! That I absolutely Love! Thank you for sharing!

[Willard Wells]

Well I thought from your work that you might enjoy my romp in the hallways or my mind. I am lucky in that I seem to be able to maintain a reasonable control over my depression. Sometimes I seem to wallow in it so I can write. But not to far down in the rabbit hole.

Thank you for popping over and reading and commenting on my work. I am so glad you enjoyed this. i don't generally send links to my work, but your work just screamed out to me to send it to you. Peace out!

[Melissa Lynn Keeling]

And I so enjoyed this :) you were spot on. Thank you!

[Kshitij Gupta]

Yep we do belong to the same school of thinking haha.
Nice poem though kudos!

[Willard Wells]

Thank you and I thought you would see the connection even with a different view of the handling of the noise in the head.

[zaisham9393]

This is simply amazing :)).I find this relatable and inspirational .
Thank you for sharing dear friend :)!!!!!!!

[Willard Wells]

After your write the other day, I just had to share this. Rather a kindred spirit kind of thing. I am glad you enjoyed it young lady. Thank you for your time and kind words.

[zaisham9393]

are you talking about"voices faded away"...??

[Willard Wells]

Yes. It was after reading it that I sent the request to you about this one. I always get excited when demons are involved. hahaha

[zaisham9393]

lol ....This poem that I wrote was something different.I tried to be a little more poetic, and used this metaphor ....diva and ... demonic voices :P...and all........lol but did you like this poem ???

[Willard Wells]

Oh yes I liked it a great deal. As stated, love the demon theme.

[zaisham9393]

Okay :)) Thanks :)!!!

[Matching Socks]

Very relatable piece! I think we've all got demons on a leash in our minds that break free every so often.
Nice work.

[Willard Wells]

You got it, good. Some have never had leashes for their demons and fight a daily struggle. Finding the light and hanging on to it is the answer, but some never see the light.

[Matching Socks]

That's very sad, but true.

[....................]

Repetition of dark and darkness keeps us every weary of the presence of our demons and by keeping a foot in the light we are able to stay focused in our pursuits to destroy those demons. Well-penned.

[Willard Wells]

Thank you so much FT. I appreciate your taking time to read my work and comment.

[....................]

It's time I got around to it, Willard... I've been meaning to for a while!

[Coyote Poetry]

Amazing use of words and thoughts. I like the statements leading to the very good ending. We must keep on eyes on the light of hope or falter. Thank you for sharing the excellent poetry.
Coyote

[Willard Wells]

Thank you Coyote. I feel a bit of pain of those suffering depression to a level that they do not see the light. I am hoping some will read this and maybe look at the noise a bit differently and at least attempt to gain some control over there minds and depression.. It was fun to write and I enjoy the feel everytime I read it. Thank you for reading and commenting on my work.

[Coyote Poetry]

I do enjoy everything you write and you are welcome.

[Aries1984]

Your structure is so unique in this poem. It kind of reminds me of an old (late 90's) rap song I heard that always ended in "ha!" The first time I heard it on the radio I was thinking, "Why is the artist repeating that word at the end of every line?" But at the same time I found the song to be unique not for what it was about to be honest, because like most rap music, this song is derogatory. But I found it to be unique because of the style of rhyming the artist used. His uniqueness was his claim to fame, and then mainstream killed his career. You just gave me something new to try in my writing in the future.

[Willard Wells]

I appreciate your insight on my work and the rap song. I am glad I gave you an idea. Nothing wrong with gaining ideas and inspiration from works you read. Thank you for taking time to read my work.

[Ben Noah Suri]

Nice write. I believe we are our own demons and as long as we never lose sight of the light as expressed by you we need not fear our demons

[Willard Wells]

You are correct and since all demons are created in our own minds, we need to control them. But they are a dangerous bunch so you must be careful. Thank you Suri for reading my work.