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anna!

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Time is a swift mistress,
the boyfriend you had when you were far too young
who twisted and screwed up his face
and failed regardless;
Carrying on despite howls from the others
and empty beds, and doors that swing in the wind.
He's gone now, and far better should I have
picked my moment,
than to announce with a flourish the pain
and the anguish and sorrow and
love;
and all for a purpose I fear non-existent,
but I'll never know.
To have waited, and have suffered the pain
on the inside, more honourable than this
wretched mess of desire and hatred and
loathing
(not of him, but of self)
the seconds flew by me too briefly, though I
tried to recover the moment
Time had taken and swept under the doormat,
it was gone.
and Time, with her sculpted nails
and soft voice of reason, and spite,
took him with it
swiftly, and quietly, and admittedly not
without merit, but still -
she's gone with him, and time is lost;
the minutes trickle happily into days.
---------------------------------
Disillusionment, and
starry-eyed
sorrow
- who are you?
You don't want to hurt me,
but you DO
and you do it so well,
it's so rehearsed,
so conspiratorial,
so
empty
Why didn't you just tell me in the beginning?
Save me from
the pain
the agony
the ...
readjustment now that I'm without you.
Cascade
Torrent
Electric storm of thundering misery
with no tears left.
Life goes on, so much time
- "our whole lives!"
A whole life to be without you?
That's not what I need
or want.
Torn
Devastated
Lost -
hope abandonment,
though that's not what you want
but
what I want?
Wounds bleeding from hollow veins
and empty, emotionless hands
creating nought
- but predictability.
Life is the same shitty circle
it's always been.
There's a place on the circumference where
you never were.
And I'm crying on the inside
where the emptiness is.
---------------------------------
L osing all that matters even a fraction of a tiny bit, because you are weak
O r maybe because I am weak, or because it wasn't meant to be, or some cliche that's muttered completely in
V ain, and falling on deaf ears, agonising tears and a hurricane of hatred and bliss and
E ndless confusion.
---------------------------------
sigh.
I miss him.
edited because I can't spell
[ 13 February 2002: Message edited by: anna! ]
 
Nicely written anna, though I'm sure knowing that you can write well won't help your situation...
Its sad reading work such as this, because its hard to praise someone for expressing their sorrow so well, when you know how much that sorrow can hurt...
*comforts*
 
On the poem: I liked the beginning. Using the example gave a nice image and brought me closer to what you were trying to express, but after that I was lost--there wasn't as much of a focus. There were some redeaming phrases toward the end, though. Good work.
On your situation: You have my regret. I hope you find a reason to smile again.
:)
 
Originally posted by anna!:
They're three separate poems, if that helps..
And thanks. I hope I find a reason to smile again too :P heh

Don't worry--I realized they were seperate :) I was talking about the first specifically.
Maybe we need to start smiling even before we find something :)
 
Originally posted by up all night:
it's almost oppressive when beautiful and sad can describe the same poem.
It's strange the way a lot of things are described as being both beautiful and sad. Something about the raw emotion of sorrow is really moving.
 
^
some of the most beautiful poems, songs, paintings, women Ive ever seen have been beutiful because of their heart breaking sadness. I cant explain it but its probably got something to do with the fact that we can all identify with sorrow, maybe coz when youre sad you tend to be at your most honest and open,not hiding anything,and subconciously we find that beautiful.....I dont know.
 
Quite possibly, yeah.
Honesty is beautiful (I'm not sure WHY that is..), and hence sadness is beautiful because of its honesty.
If only it WEREN'T so beautiful - then perhaps I wouldn't want to feel it all the time :P I'm such a sadist.
 
you make me sad anna,
but with that sadness a smile creeps across my face...
more of the whole sad/beautiful thing.
maybe true beauty is sadness
and true sadness is beauty?
*shrug*
that's my 2c.
 
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