Pale, alabaster skin,
flaming red hair.
All the elements of a woman of beauty,
of a woman of innocence
Yet, her dark eyes betray
the darkness of the world around her
Alone, yet trapped inside a mind that haunts her
Standing stationary in a forest of her own making
The atmospheric portrayal of what her own mind sees
Figures of non-existence reach out to her,
grab at every inch of sanity she has left
She closes her eyes- none of this is real
the light above is where she needs to be
looking down though, there is only darkness
a darkness she cannot escape
She closes her eyes
if she can’t see them, they aren’t real
Yet she knows they are still there; hands reaching out from nowhere
coming to pull her back into the darkest corner of her own mind
Hiding, quivering within herself
trying to remove the shadows from her background
to run, to stand, to escape; none of which is possible
For the world she is trying to escape, is of her own creation
The sanity she lacks, is within her own mind
The fear and the darkness, is within herself
The nightmare she will never get out of, is her own
--- Trapped forever in the darkest corner of her own mind-
Author notes
Written for a contest from a picture prompt. GORGEOUS picture! good luck to everyone who enters
A contest entry
- Daily contest by creationsfromheart.
475 points, ended April 11, 2008, 12 entries
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
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Dang forgot to applaud
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Wow this is kind of dark but held my attention from start to finish, Awesome write my friend and best of luck in the contest
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Beautiful
She closes her eyes
if she can’t see them, they aren’t real
Yet she knows they are still there; hands reaching out from nowhere
coming to pull her back into the darkest corner of her own mind
Hiding, quivering within herself
trying to remove the shadows from her background
to run, to stand, to escape; none of which is possible
For the world she is trying to escape, is of her own creation
The sanity she lacks, is within her own mind
The fear and the darkness, is within herself
The nightmare she will never get out of, is her own
--- Trapped forever in the darkest corner of her own mind-
Another amazin piece of work. I understand how u feel here. I can relate to this poem. u expressed your self fully and complete wonderful job that you have done if i had all the applauds I'd give them to you cause its gorgeous. once again great job and alsome work..
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This is a good write for the pic prompt thank you for the entry.
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great
very suspensfull to the end not sure what to expect as I read on but it kept me going and finding that I feel the same way as the one you describe here. we all get lost in our minds but we must find the escape to keep us sane! you are a great writer for sure.
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Awesome write my friend
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