I came here to clear my mind
All that tears me from behind.
My past seems to get the best of me
When I hear their voices and can see
Myself as their wanton hole
As they destroy what I know,
Taking my humanity
Stealing my serenity.
I come here among the trees
To whisper upon my knees,
They can never have my inner light
My spirit will not break in the night.
For I know who and what I am
That I am not their slave of sham.
Their nightmares must fade away
As my timing to their dismay
For I chant the sounds of the divine
Hoping for peace and of the sublime.
If only I could shut the door
To their invasion of my core.
Why do the voices never leave?
Why do they continue to haunt me?
What will it take to make them disappear?
Time they have left me in my later years.
For though they controlled my world of doom
As a child and an adolescent too.
As an adult I became aware
Of their evil laugh and ugly snare.
My self esteem with their echo in my mind
My psyche they damaged as I try to find
A way to exorcise them from my past
Only to find that to do so at last,
Will be the end of my childhood nightmare
That to lose it finally and find it fair.
I dwindle in self pity at their dark lies
Desperate at any cost to lose the cries
Of a child harmed in so many ways,
Of a childhood that took many days
To end finally, a woman to become.
Only to find if I am completely numb
Then I can no longer feel all I need to be.
So morose that I find I will never be free
Of their torture as their voice finds me again
The terror of my past will always begin.
Author notes
2. A Quite Mind
DUCK
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A contest entry
- Picture Inspired... by SummerlandRayne.
519 points, ended March 2, 2008, 14 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Oh so Blue... by spasticloser.
525 points, ended September 11, 2008, 3 entries
Silver trophy winner
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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This is a very emotional piece, I enjoy the rhyme. I've never read much rhyming and I enjoyed this. It says so much and I appreciate how you used quite mind, It's perfect. I really like the last stanza (and the title); It speaks the most to me because sometimes your past is only the beginning. Thanks for entering and best of luck :-)
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This is most dark and tragic...the feelings you bring forth here are vivid and sorrowful. This certainly speaks to my soul...very deeply. Thank you for sharing this and best to you in the contest.
Blessed Be Sister~
Az -
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Thank you Az. These are the feelings and thoughts that were brought forth when I looked at the graphic you had placed in your contest, for the woman's expression is one of exasperated pain. I only wish the poem were not of my own emotions.
Write on!
)O(
DragonBlue
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