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Walls of Solitude
Contributed by
crow6279
on
Monday, 6th February 2006 @ 02:53:23 AM in AEST
Topic:
anguished
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These walls of solitude surround me
soaring...towering...foreboding
Obscuring the sun and the sky
leaving shadows on my troubled soul
No handholds to grasp...to climb
bone against stone...blood in the mortar
Nails torn...raw flesh ripped asunder
countless falls from heights never reached
Feet bloodied...swollen...numb
pacing the perimeter that's left of myself
Pathway lined with grief and anguish
starting only to begin again...again
Voices laughing...crying...calling
regaling me with memories forgotten
I strain to hear with deafened ears
my heartbeat answering in kind
Overgrown doorways...latches rusting
vines full of thorns forbidding entry
Trying to clear them with trembling hands
blooms of my life...dead and decayed
Trudging along...my past in the lead
no looking back at the pain I have wrought
Knowing that someday...maybe tomorrow
the toll will be paid...yet I will owe more
The wall is my focus...nothing else matters
my eyes see only the barrier between
Pieces of me hang lifeless...mocking
swaying in time with my ragged breath
Another doorway appears...darkened and damp
I've been here before...the stench recalled
I scream out in madness...remembrance
the echoes resound with blurred clarity
The door is sealed shut...the padlocks unyielding
keyholes corrupted...or no keyholes at all
I pound and I pound until my arms fall weary
expecting no mercy...for none ever comes
Finally I turn and look all around me
the path at the base of the wall reminds
I'm not locked out...not forbidden entry
instead I'm within...lonely...forlorn
I built the walls...stone by stone
blocked off the doorways by my own design
The locks are all mine...hung in desperation
my burning tears turned the hinges to rust
These walls of solitude surround me
shielding me from the life I have lived
Making me dwell in the smoldering ashes
and crumbling ruins of my troubled soul
Copyright ©
crow6279
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2006-02-06 02:53:23]
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Re: Walls of Solitude
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by enigma on
Monday, 6th February 2006 @ 07:42:35 AM AEST
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...Hi, Crow...reading this poem, I immediately felt a kinship...so, I went to your home page and read your journal entry of December 19th and found I could relate even more...I can certainly visualize myself in just about every metaphor expressed in your poem...I've been writing poetry off and on since junior high and I'm fifty-four...those "walls of solitude" just about drove me nuts...my light did finally come...I hope your's comes soon...
...cyber-company just doesn't cut it, does it?
...just Love your Self and keep lookin'
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Re: Walls of Solitude
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by NoSaint on
Monday, 6th February 2006 @ 08:33:54 AM AEST
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strong imagery, good flow
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Re: Walls of Solitude
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by shelby on
Monday, 6th February 2006 @ 02:27:13 PM AEST
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deep and fully emotional, your poetry is awesome. Glad that you posted. I needed my fix as we say, ( grins)
Im around when you want to talk
Huggers
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