Each day as the last rays of light fade
I wait with bated breath for darkness to enfold the world
I do not get along with the sun
All my imperfections brought to light
Darkness is kindly and hides me away
Safe from unforgiving day
Alone, it embraces me
Lies with me singing me to sleep
The feel of it
Warm
Heavy
Sweet
Soothing like velvet
Black velvet
The only lover I’ve ever known
It caresses and kisses and
Sometimes allows itself to be seen as the mortal man I wish it were
As my sleepy mind and lonely heart
Merge to form half dreams
Sometimes it is my companion as I
Lie awake and cry
My tears meant for only it to see
It whispers softly in my ear, reminding me
That I am beautiful if held in its arms
No harsh beams of light to ruin the glow of my marble skin
Sometimes it reads over my shoulder
As new poetry written in black or blue (its favorite colors)
Fountain forward from my pen
And points out that the boy I write of,
No matter what color he truly is,
Would share my shade once the lights were gone
Jokingly I agree
But then again, sometimes it
Feeds off fear I find in day
Gives me nightmares and
Laughs when I cry out
Those times I make it jealous
And pretend to wait for light
Then it apologizes up and down
And I always accept
And so I make my way through hated day
Waiting for the last rays of light to fade
Until I find peace
In the arms
Of darkness
Author notes
Written August 8th, 2004
What did you think
Comments
1 - 5 of 5
-
Breathtaking
I really really love it. Writing as if darkness were some incarnation -- as if it were your companion. You write some "read it more than once" type of poetry. I love your style. You make your work so intimate and sophisticated.
-Ef -
This was, again, so beautiful in its imagery and wording. You have an amazing talent, and I hope that you one day realize that without light the good things cannot be seen either. Great job. -Amanda
-
woah this is awesome and omg i cant believe how well its described.. i mean i can relate to it so much i feel like that all the time.... wow this is amazing i really loved it!!! great write!!!
-
Wow this was an awesome poem I simply love it, If these are your true feelings than I have to say I can't agree with you more, light is best when it's trapped within a bulb made to suffer as the darkness creeps around it waiting for it to fade, well anyway this had a lot of imagry and I could see you sitting there writing poetry and it was simply a great write, and your right darkness doesn't show our imperfections but I guess we must for some reason be reminded of them daily...anyway good good good job and keep writing
. -scott-
-
nice keep it up later...xx
Adding your comment:
1 - 5 of 5
2 old applause
