Won't You Visit My Room?A Poem by Dark StarI SIT ALONE IN THIS BARREN WHITE ROOM I HEAR FOOTSTEPS OUTSIDE, THEY'LL BE HERE SOON FEET NESTLED BENEATH ME, MY FINGERTIPS DANCE OVER BINDING A STRING OF CHAOTIC EVENTS IS SEEMINGLY UNWINDING IT'S SO BRIGHT IN HERE NOT EVEN SMALL SHADOWS DANCE ON THE WALLS THE SOUND OF THEIR SHOES ECHO IN THE HALLS THOSE MEN ARE BACK WITH THEIR SADISTIC FACES THEY'RE HERE WITH ALL OF THEIR FILLED UP CASES BUT THEY WON'T BE FULL FOR LONG, THEY'LL SOON BE PUT TO USE LIKE THE TREES IN SALEM THAT HUNG WITCHES FROM THEIR NOOSE WITH CAUTIOUS STEPS THEY COME EVEN CLOSER WITH THE EYES OF A QUEEN WHOSE MEN HAVE OPPOSED HER I WANT TO RUN, TO BE FREE OF THIS TORTURE, TO ESCAPE FROM THIS HELL INSTEAD I SCREAM, SO ENTIRELY FEAR FILLED, EVEN THESE MEN COULD TELL YET THEY PURSUED WITH THEIR NEEDLES AND DID THE DEED AND I WATCH THEM WALK AWAY, LEAVING ME TO BLEED THERE'S A NEW DRUG IN ME NOW, ONE LIKE NO OTHER I CLAMP MY EYES SHUT AND RELEASE A STRONG SHUDDER CURLED ON MY SIDE I NOTICE THE DOOR IS OPEN A NEW GIRL STANDS OUTSIDE, LISTENING TO THE VOICE THAT HAS SPOKEN "IT WILL BE OVER SOON, JUST WAIT AND SEE" IT WAS THEN THAT I REALIZED THEY WERE SPEAKING OF ME NOW THEY'RE ALL STARING AT ME WITH APATHETIC EYES EXCEPT FOR THE NEW GIRL WHO WAS IN FOR A SURPRISE MY EYES ARE SCREWING SHUT, BUT NOT BEFORE I PRAY THAT THE POOR GIRL TAKING MY ROOM WILL GET OUT OF HERE ONE DAY © 2008 Dark Star |
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Added on September 18, 2008 AuthorDark StarGAAboutHmmm not much to say. I'm pretty much like everyone else. I laugh when it is completely inappropriate, say things I shouldn't and worry about what people think of me. Well maybe not everyone is like t.. more..Writing
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