Category: Art
Grain😍
Write the poem
This is fun…
Kinda ignoring the list of word associations but whatevs!
Around the corner
Around the corner
I smell it before I see it,
It’s nearer than I think,
I know I can’t ignore it,
I know it won’t leave,
I can’t afford the sorrow it brings,
I can’t change its crimes.
It won’t give it a rest,
It’s out of its mind.
By Dawn
Disaster creeps
Heavy disaster
The air
is heavy
around my head.
The weight is
trying to
Break me.
Disaster creeps
and crash’s
head on.
Time doesn’t
heal.
Dread is always there.
Down,
low,
in my soul.
Weeping.
By
Dawn
When Darkness Comes
When darkness comes
When the darkness comes,
It blocks out the light.
Hovering overhead to drown me in delight.
A cruel, damp, and soggy mess.
Pours itself into my soul.
While it gasps for air and scratches for life,
My soul sputters and spits the vile mess.
Fighting for life it takes a deep breath,
Takes hold of the darkness and strangles it to death.
It’s gone
It’s gone by Dawn Illsley
Can life be so cruel to take it away?
Away from the place it was meant to stay.
Deep in my heart,
It was there all along.
Now it’s gone, now it’s gone.
Reward Offered
Reward Offered by Dawn Illsley
My words got lost
while trying to find the right ones.
If anyone sees them send them back home.
Reward offered for their safe return.
I’m Awake
I’m Awake by Dawn Illsley
I’m awake.
Thinking of happy places.
Avoiding the dark ones.
The places I get lost in.
Some things I’ll never understand,
Including myself.
My reason for being.
Why hanging on is torture.
What torture?
Why Hang on?
When letting go is so much more,
When letting go is not giving in.
Giving in to what?
Maybe it’s destiny
Maybe it’s not.
Maybe it’s just right.
Destiny
Destiny
By Dawn Illsley
I’m trapped by my design
I’m programmed to retreat,
Into the caverns of my mind,
I regress, in defeat.
My destiny
Already written
My time drawing near.
When I look out my window
I see the world I’ve come to fear.
That branch on the tree
Seems frail like me,
It could break
At any moment
And fall
In defeat.
The world is different now
It’s a foreign place,
There is nothing left I know
I’m trapped here in this space.
There was a time
I was brave,
But not now,
I’m afraid.
I’m not sure
When to hide,
When to duck,
What to think.
The time has come
I’m ready now,
Please let me go,
I feel peace.
With my guns drawn
I escape,
This time,
I’m determined
to meet my fate.
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