Gaze into the flawless glass.
The image reflects a dangerous past.
Drawn into a world of fear,
I thought I’d left behind.
But I guess I lingered there
For a moment too long.
Now the rich, sweet fragrance of life is gone.
Lookin’ beyond.
Livin’ on the edge.
Lookin’ beyond.
Livin’ on a ledge.
I’m livin’ where love doesn’t really exist.
Listen closely to the sudden rush of the wind.
On a cold frigid winter’s night,
You can hear
My icy heart breaking
As life passes me by.
Naked, alone and afraid,
I travel the bare frozen passageways.
Somewhere between reality and dreams.
Searching for a life
Where love does exist,
But findin’ nothin’
Except love’s icy cold mist.
I am travelin’ down a windin’ path,
I have traveled for far too long
Realizing I am lost
And may never find my way home.
The storm is closin’ in…
All night long… it comes and it goes;
The ever-changin’ tide leaves a trail of damage behind.
Blazin’ with fury;
Unleashin’ a wrath of damnation and fire,
It breaches my soul.
Leavin’ me broken, bruised, beaten and bloodied…
All alone and beyond repair.
I lie here in a shaken state.
Ashamed, disgraced.
Deploring the violate nature of such an act.
Feeling helpless,
Hatin’ myself for lettin’ it happen again and again.
Love like this is not a gift.
I have traveled alone
All these years with my shame firmly attached.
Askin’ myself…
‘How could I let this happen?
How can I go on livin’ this way?’
Not findin’ any answers,
Way out here on the edge…
On a ledge.
Lookin’ beyond.
Livin’ on the edge.
Lookin’ beyond.
Livin’ on a ledge.
I’m livin’ where love never really existed.
Author notes
I just found this poem lying unfinished upon my desktop and it struck me to finish it. It must be my frame of mind tonight. I felt sadness all day yesterday and can't explain why... I should be happy! If you have read this far... thank you for taking the time to read and possibly commenting. I appreciate it.
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It's good to pour out the down emotions in poetry, it's like a cleansing process so I'm glad you finished it. I think your powers of description are vivid and powerful and you effectively give an impression of the way you were feeling at the time.
I hope you've managed to rise above it.
Peace Georgia
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I meant to give a little word of constructive criticism. I found the repeated livin', lookin' etc to be a bit distracting and would prefer to read living, loving etc but that's just my opinion.
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Georgia,
Thank you for reading, commenting and applauding. I appreciate it. Yeah, I beileve I have risen above it... Still at times He gets me.
You know I got to looking at this, if I'm going to do the midwestern clip speech dilect I need to do it throughout and not just ccertain words. At the time I wrote this, the clipped wording sounded good. Because it's how I talk at times. Not meaning too... it's just how we in the Midwest of the United States talk. You should hear someone from the southern United States talk. They're worse at it! I know it sounds distracting, probably annoying... LOL! That's just... Americans for ya! LOL!
Thanks again. Love and hugs...
~Donna~
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Alsome sis
Lookin’ beyond.
Livin’ on the edge.
Lookin’ beyond.
Livin’ on a ledge.
I’m livin’ where love doesn’t really exist.
Listen closely to the sudden rush of the wind.
On a cold frigid winter’s night,
You can hear
My icy heart breaking
As life passes me by.
Naked, alone and afraid,
I travel the bare frozen passageways.
Somewhere between reality and dreams.
Searching for a life
Where love does exist,
But findin’ nothin’
Except love’s icy cold mist.
U did a alsome job with this and i loved it n enjoyed reading it .. Keep da ink flowin cause its amazin.. I feel this way at times when im down n out at times.. but im doing good though.. how are u doing? hope all is well with u.. Great job on the poem
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Thank you. THank you. I'm doing fine. My comp crashed last Friday evening. I've been trying to get everything put back. I lost poems and pics... everything just wiped cleaned! Oh well... start all over again.
What is up with this site? I can't go anywhere hardly. If I try to IM someone I have to go to the mwessage screen. If I try to hit read or the contest page... I son't get the drop window I get wherever it takes me. I can't edit a comment... it wants to download something onto my comp. It's really screwy! Maybe it's just me and this darn comp!
Talk to you later. Thanks again for stopping by to read, coment and applaud. Love and hugs...
~Donna~
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A little long. In one of these moods myself. All in all a great job.
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Brooke,
Thank you. Thank you, my friend. Maybe a little long, but it kept your interest...
I don't know what it was the other night, but I was in a sad mood. Thank you once again for reading, commenting and applauding. I appreciate it! Love and hugs...
~Donna~ -
Brooke,
Thank you. Thank you, my friend. Maybe a little long, but it kept your interest...
I don't know what it was the other night, but I was in a sad mood. Thank you once again for reading, commenting and applauding. I appreciate it! Love and hugs...
~Donna~
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