shadows
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Ears pounding from the sound of my own disappearance
My feet forever ceaseless in their own escape
Limbs burning, gazed focused solely on the exit
Running
I find myself awake at this hour.
I can’t sleep.
Monsters crawl across the floor.
Shadows haunt the edges of my vision.
Demons hang from the ceiling.
All we are is
just shadows
Without bodies,
immaterialized.
What will matter then
sifting through dark
No flesh left to torture
no substance left to taint
This life haunts me
Scarlet flames of fire
dance across my fingers.
The light cannot harm me,
for I am its master.
Fire bends to my will,
and dies at my command.
The dark can't consume me,
i walk amongst an ocean of stars in a world of shadow.
touch the reflection, obsessive perfection.
the uncertainties of my mind permeate my very step,
a constellation of faces in unfamiliar places.
There's a darkness in my veins,
I hadn't noticed before.
as I stare at my hands,
I feel so lost, unsure.
I must have stared for hours,
for when I did look up.
I saw the dark before me.
Firm hands, from shadows on the wall.
Firm no’s, from girls around nightfall.
I promised to protect you all.
Don’t touch, These artifacts are rare.
Don’t look, It’s really rude to stare,
Why do the happiest memories,
Always seem to baffle me?
Why do I feel happy,
When I destroy me?
As the blood rains down,
my eyes close.
I just want to be better,
like the rest of the shadows.
I see it in the shadows,
behind me and below.
It follows me everywhere,
everywhere I go.
This burden that I carry,
from every day to day,
May one day prove worthy,
You are never alone,
You are always being followed.
An elusive entity
That is connected by a thread.
On this night I'm in fright,
Yet the darkness is at bay,
For the shadows are lifted by moonlight.
Normally hidden by the day,
But now on the move,
I shall follow,
We are all cardinals in the night,
standing bloodred against the shadows
as we strive to hide.
Our feathers conceal tears
which have sprung from our veins.
Soar to the sky.
All my worries
were covered behind the facade
of laughter and joviality.
Now the walls are
being taken down.
There's a hole left inside of me.
hello;
i know your out there.
are you also made of fear?
are you father of the shadows?
are you things, both hidden and queer?
more felt than seen;
a rainbow with no gleam.
This is a found poem from page 261 of Laurie Halse Anderson's 'Wintergirls':
I find silence
In a single shadow
I wake up
I'm dreaming
The flickering shadows
Open my eyes
"I'm surrounded by isolation"
well did you take your medication?
no, not really.
you see:
this is a dream
and your nothing
but a thing
looking for a place
just a figure in my dream
Early morning
The sun is still rising
The fields are still blanketed
With spider's webs
That the morning sunlight
Shine directly through
Glistening like diamonds
Heavy with kisses of dew
Here comes a feat of boots dressed in gold
Clad in a uniform just as bold
Keys wrapped in paper cloth
Hands wrapped in gauze
Bloodshot eyes tinker chilled
Yet he stays willed
You looked and behold,
Over the horizon approaching fast,
Engulfed by the orange beauty of the sunset, you saw a man.
A man approaching slowly like a viscous liquid,
And fast as light.
The light in thine eyes, reflect that of the sea
Lost-- Beautiful -- Uncomparable to any lesser of thee
Yet--gentle there, gently be... a sad look downcats you
Shadows are my friends,
Keeping me hidden from judging eyes.
Blanketing me with promise of safety,
And protection of hatred.
If I can't be seen by anybody,
Then I can't be hurt by them.
The stirring of shadows
The waking of dreams
A last stand in battle
No one hears you scream
But you made it through
Which is worse to you
Pretending to be okay
"The shadows are long
The shadows are dark
They always lurk
They leave no mark
The shadows are big
The shadows are deep
The shadows fall
As the world sleeps
The shadows return
Out of the night that covers me,
In the shadows of self unseen,
Only the spark can ignite me.
As I thank the Higher Power that be,
For the courage to be a shining light.
Sometimes long and thin
Seen on the outside ad hidden within
Other times long and wide
Almost transparent to the naked eye
It casts a darkness that lingers
But you can't touch it with your fingers
The shadows creep in
The light darkens
She cries out
Searching,
Hoping for someone to hear
But, no one hears
There is only silence
There are only shadows
Tell me shadow, do you feel?
Are you fake or are you real?
Do you cry or feel my pain?
Do you even know my name?
Are you my twin or another life?
Does the darkness cause you strife?
The winds that awakened the stars are blowing through my blood;
The universe resides within,
Ominous ebony smoke fills the air
A mist of forsaken souls condemned to demons
Alabaster arms reach out and grab the prey
Frozen fingertips stain the innocent flame
Nails running deeply into the skin
What's in the shadows?What's in the dark?What's tucked away,in infinite thoughts?What is unspoken?What is away?In the mind ofa person,what don't they say?
We are black and white
Light and dark
Angels in halos
Of the conflicting sort
I am the black
Hiding in light's shadow
Wishing and waiting
for when I shine too
The night is young,
The stars are new
The owl hasn't yet sung
The tune that crosses the ears of few.
Adventure awaits
Those who choose to stray
From the stereotypical gait of day.
Here's another older one to round out the 5 for tonight :3 I'll post more tomorrow, maybe I'll even write a fresh one for you~*
Dreams boil in my chest
Hot and fierce they burn my flesh
One of my old poems:
My heart grows colder
My body grows harder
My hair grows longer
The days grow darker
Look back and find
I'm standing alone again
And I come to discover
Sleepless night and a flickering light
the shadow glares, from above it snares
slow tunes fill this space with nostalgia
I reach into the shadows and my hand touches your face,
Every single line of yours my fingers pretend to trace,
I wonder - could this torture last forever?
My love, I'm seeking you in shadows,
I like to walk at night in the summer
Everything seems to click into place
As I gaze at the stars
Trying desperatley to be one
But my favorite part isnt the stars
Or the whispering cicadas speaking
It follows me during the day and then falls asleep.
It is as dark as night,
And mysterious as space.
It makes me laugh, it makes me cry,
Let the shadows go
Since they only come when its bright outside.
Let the shadows go
Since they come and take what's free.
Let the shadows go because they are what holds you back.
He stood at the crossroads, looking in all directions.
So many options open to him
Five roads is more than enough
He must find the one he is searching for.
The clouds begin to come
The waves of fire,
roll across the sky.
The stained ebony river
flows beneath the bridge,
that bears witness to
a murder. And the
frightened elderly man-
the eyewitness to the
I am fragile
And I have worn down my bones to the quick
Where my words have become quiet whispers and my yelling is deaf
Where I have no reign and my tears have not stopped
I would change the availability of music concerts because music inspires us to become more than what we are and at times better.
Shadows keep us
Stuck to the ground
What would it be like,
To finally fly?
Shadows:
Fears kept together in such a way
To create nightmares,
Such worries keep people on the ground.
When life gets difficult,
And your cup over flows,
Things go haywire,
Objects explode,
Theres no air,
No air,
No air you cant breathe,
Your brain cant conceive,
Wrong,
Wrong,
But what of me, standing in the corner,
Hidden in the shadow.
Placed there unwilling,
Listening to the conversation flow.
Never do I ever want to hear another word
Marked by shades
Chained by judgment
Being blinded by false imagery
Colors of white to dark
Long plagued our kind
A Shadow among the Darkness
Lingering among wood, hear his footsteps move the earth
Tranquil in sound, with transitioning beauty within the nothing
Black light swirls over the endless night
All asleep in their own beds,
Humans really do not know
What wonder lurks inside their house.
Shadows! Dancing, to and fro.
When humans turn down their lights,
Shadows seem to disappear.
splayed on walls
the only darkness in daylight
forever following the acts of their owners
no acts committed; innocent yet present
forgiving shadows
You sit behind me in the midnight sun
Urging me forward toward the edge
Always there my dark twin
You are the sin to my light
It takes everthing to fight the pull
Oh how sweet it would be
Maybe She Would Be Alive Today. If I Spoke Up And Said What I Needed To Say. If I Thought Differently and Choose A Different Path. Crazy Thing Is I Didn’t Think She Would Last.
In the dark of the night
I face my window with open eyes
I hesitate to bring back happy thoughts
Despite being trapped where the fear lies
My memories bring neither peace nor comfort
The darkness doesn't always mean evil,
Just like the light does not always mean good.
Thinking for yourself isn't always a bad thing.
Right and wrong is an opinion.
Decisions blind.
Outcome unpredictable.
Voices haunt my sleep.
Soaring shadows awaken
my soul. Falling far,
far, far down into the depths
of ruins and caves you left
empty for my arrival.
Men or Women
Have the power to kill.
Though we blame objects
Like guns, knifes, swords, etc.
Why are we blaming these objects
When we should be the one to blame
The people that hold the gun,
From as far
well as far as I can remember
From the cold fronts of December
to the hot summers of July in everything
I've done it was to prove that I could do
anything as long as try,
Today
We Fly.
Today
We Cry.
Today
We Sigh.
Today
We Lie.
Today
We Deny.
Today...
We Die.
(Written in Trochaic Monometer)
She steps inside
a world unkown.
The place is dark
and stars don't glow.
She starts to cry--
she wonders why--
she thinks she cannot
be fulfilled
with just her dreams.
With you? The monsters don't seem so scary.
And life? Not so tough.
You are the sunshine to my darkness.
You keep me safe beside you.
When I close my eyes all I can see is your face wanting to get me.
That's why I write
When I go to lay in bed at night all I can feel is your hands on me.
That's why I write
-You lie through your teeth
When it comes to how-are-you’s
“I’m good” or “I’m okay,”
Is what you’d instead say
-Feeling lonely day by day
Not that you weren’t alone in the first place
As the sunlight slips between my fingertipsI watch the shadows fallThey fall in lacy breaths over my skin,Making darkness and light seem so intricate
When thoughts fail, or words do not come
Though all alone emotion remains
I should not be guided by this
But I can get divided by this
So what then
Distant and forgotten, hiding in the open air,
Present everywhere.
Revealed only for a moment,
like dust caught in a stream of sunlight.
The world we live in is a dark and dismal place.
When you look out your window you will see dark figures almost like shadows.
The shadows have no souls. No breath. And continue to walk.
The hands of time slowed down and opened onto a scene.
There stands a man with his shadow casted over a small form.
The eyes do see
Like shadows in the night
Every move I make
I am not alone
The eyes do see
For reasons of their own
A creature far from pure
Is always on my mind
Everyday we walk
Everyday we keep silent
Everyday we wait
We wait, for God gave us patience
We wait, for success comes in time
We wait, for our voices are still merging into one
On the dark cliffs full of shadows
The river is rushing, the water crashing
Headed towards the inevitable fall
