I’m seeking a way forward
When all the doors seem closed
I’m trying to move forward
Though all the blinds are drawn
I look to the future
And all I see is dusk
After this nightmare
Please let me wake to dawn
Tag poetry
Small Steps
Can sometimes lead to wide open worlds
Blindly
Blindly
I fumbled in the dark
Groping for keys
To open the door
I stumbled
As the keys fell out my grasp
Lost forever, the door remained locked
While I knelt in despair –
In utter hopelessness
I wept
Black
I’m falling into a bottomless pit
Where ravenous wolves await
The sky colors the world blue
But all I see is black
Failed Humanity
Lightning strikes
Swift and sharp
Slicing across
Sodden earth
Thunder roars
Exposing teeth
Heavens weep
At a failed world
Cruel humanity
Kills, destroys.
Clockwork
Birds sing
And the sun drops
Light fades
And the dark brightens
Stars twinkle
While the moon beams
Day turns like clockwork
Into night
Black Dog
A black dog
Follows me around
As a dark shadow
Biting my legs
I run as fast as I can
And still cannot outrun
The bared teeth threatening
To tear my flesh apart
My dreams are nightmares
My hope is ash
I run until
I cannot breathe
Barbed Wire
My mind closes rank
On itself and on myself
I reach past the barbed
Wire capturing my freedom
And the harder I reach, the closer
The wire encroaches on my well-being
Threatening to destroy my world, my life
And all of me
Falling Leaves
Wind chimes
Sing in the sparkling
Light of autumn sun
Blue skies
Rejoice in a changing
World of falling leaves
Color adorns
Landscapes of an
Approaching winter
Exposed
I never stood a chance
Never could have
With an exposed heart
Of tender flesh
And no shell to protect –
It was there for the taking
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