I lay battered and bruised
beneath these rusted chains.
My sanity erodes as my freedom fades.
Time has simply ceased to be,
existing only in my jaded memories.
This unconquerable ache grows inside my soul,
and I begin to disintegrate, slowly dissipate.
My anguish breeds catastrophe.
I have betrayed myself,
I am my own worst enemy.
I am surrounded by shadows,
sinister and suffocating.
My dreams of salvation are just
illusions in the making.
Author notes
Beneath, fade, time, ache, anguish, betrayed, shadows, illusions, you, encounter, reflect, allow, tarnished, muse, chance, withered, replenished, bohemian
A contest entry
- Word Bank/ rhyme only by ever1der.
300 points, ended March 25, 2008, 9 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest - Move me! Anything goes. by Temprance.
450 points, ended June 10, 2008, 46 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Comments
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I really liked this very much well done
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Only 11 words? I hate not to add this to the finalists list ... It's beautiful and the rhyme is nice and gentle. c'mon... add some more of the words.
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