Nothing fills me, nothing shows deep.
no want to scream, run, hide, or weep.
I'm not happy, nor am I sad,
I feel no annoyance, I don't get mad.
I'm not even confused by this alteration
in my feelings or their implications.
Boundless void is in possess
though it does not cause me due unrest.
Kept busy with life's mundanities,
I am not spared to feel trivial humanities.
Past depression, but perhaps off worse
now that no feelings come from some source.
Even as I write, limp in my strokes,
There's no conviction to please neither nor you folks.
Poetry's beacon of relief has passed beyond sight.
These words taste of ash as I speak, as I write.
A poet, once filled, now empty as a lie,
doesn't even have enough in him to want to die.
Perhaps to want, you need a soul
to have those needs and keep you whole.
Can you feel it inside you, tugging away?
Always urging, craving, has something to say.
My tug's gone missing, flew on the gust
and through my fingers slips a soul of rust.
I stand lifeless over that of a broken threshold,
Clothes flapping despairingly in the wind's cold.
Blankly staring at the landscape bare,
I know I see my soul and I know I don't care.
Emotions should be here, but I see no sign.
Warnings that tell me I am not fine.
Through the day I only do what I must,
but now through the door, I disappear as my soul's rust.
Onto the wind I am spread thin to naught,
mere dust now, after how long I had fought.
Chasing a soul, whose grains do scatter.
I cannot grasp them all so it does not matter.
I don't know the point of this rhyme
and I'm sure you're feeling that I'm wasting your time.
Just remember after so much, you'd break too
And when that does happen... There's nothing you can do.
A contest entry
- Sadistic Emotions by Never Fall in Love.
650 points, ended April 11, 2007, 76 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
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You're imagery in this poem is impressive to say the least. It is very revealing of how you're depicting the speaker's (dare I say your) bleak, desolate soul.
"I stand lifeless over that of a broken threshold,
Clothes flapping despairingly in the wind's cold.
Blankly staring at the landscarpe bare,
I know I see my soul and I know I don't care."--this is beautiful and telling. What could have caused this?: "A poet, once filled, now empty as a lie,
doesn't even have enough in him to want to die." There's always something...whether it be pain, or at the very least, a static of sorts. That's why these two lines are so startling. You don't need me to tell you what a great job you did here conveying the absolute void the speaker's soul has become in this piece.
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WOW
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DAaaamn,,, this is GREAT. i LOVE IT ,,can i give nine applause?? WOW,,
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Just Kidding it was amazing the only way Id use crap on this is because crap thats great haha it was totally rad keep up the great writes!!
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Relished the flow - just because a poem is dark does not mean it need be any less fluid than other poems. Cheers!
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Absolutely fantastic!
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Holy shit
damn this is great
has to be nick
well babes
You did an awesome job here
Really great job infact
Im so .. speechless
great work
and good luck in the contest
NeveR ♥
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Very nice! This was written beautifully. You've done a great job in conveying your feelings. I particularly likes the lines, "Perhaps to want, you need a soul
to have those needs and keep you whole." I very well can identify myself with the feeling of emptyness, or nothing at all, being numb. I think that other people will be able to relate to this, too. Nice write, I hope to read more from you in the future.
Good luck in the contest, and thank you for entering.
~Manic
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Brilliant. This is just wow. I envy your ability to be able to portray such emotion and feeling in a piece of writing. The feeling of emptiness is a terrible one, a place I'd rather not be again. I hope that you too can leave that place, because you don't deserve to have to feel this way.
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wow, this was remarkable! it was great. i understand the feeling even tho haven't ever experienced it. I believe this piece to be perfect along with all the lil imperfections, even tho there r none! lol. It was great and really got me thinkin....about uh.. a lot of things. great job.
The Dreamer -
"I know I see my soul adn I know I don't care."
One of the worst feelings, even though it isn't exactly, um, a feeling. You've expressed it quite clearly here.
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