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Into the Night

Far into the night Where my thoughts go round again Round empty city streets How can I keep wandering? Far below the bridge now As the water drips on me Sick and tired of thinking If I will be well again I want some light to shine On this overwhelmed mind! Take it all away This city is so bare Oh where have you gone? Simple things so far I long for a shore to rest upon Long for oceans to drift me on Basking in the darkness Stuck like gum against the arch Streetlights laughing and flickering off Empty as they're whole Pull me underground with you Lift up this wreck Throw me in the forests Where exposure is okay I want to run I want to hide But there is no more road There is no more life Wherever I go I feel so cold Wherever I flee I am dragged back Far into the night Where streetlights flicker back on No one is looking on We are animals in our mind Why am I still wandering? Tell me, why have I steered So far from home? Where the dead end is my friend

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Carol Eastman

Date: 4/23/2013 1:11:00 PM

A very deep and impassioned poem. Very well done... it has a feel of your very own personal travel...

Poet Destroyer A

Date: 4/22/2013 7:13:00 PM

wow..Laura round and round my thoughts go with you. sometimes we stray to far, from the places that now seems too strange. I can relate to this feeling, dragging back, cause I have tooooo.... love this one... xox~ Linda

Painted Hunter

Date: 4/22/2013 6:18:00 AM

and...is there an eye in your dark avatar?

Laura Breidenthal
Date: 4/22/2013 1:50:00 PM

Why yes. It has a staring problem. ;) Sorry about that.

Painted Hunter

Date: 4/22/2013 6:17:00 AM

True to your dark side, Laura...you know how to bring the intensity. Its easy to feel your pain in your poetry...not something everyone can do.

Debbie Duncan

Date: 4/20/2013 6:57:00 PM

Awesomely done here ;} I've had a few thought like this,

Duke Beaufort

Date: 4/20/2013 9:46:00 AM

This is very strong despair. My thoughts and wishes are sent to you on a pulse of positive energy. I will think of this and send more when I can every hour. However, it is impossible for me to send you an ocean. Wish I could because you should be in the surf. Can you at least get a recording of the crashing waves and a sunlamp? I know it's the people too. There must be someone somewhere. You will be spotted. You are a great soul and poet. Miss seeing your face.

Timothy Hicks

Date: 4/20/2013 5:28:00 AM

Well wandering around aimlessly is better than doing nothing! You never know what you might find around the corner. I feel your writings are becoming stronger lately. The words you carefully chose have a bigger impact on me as of late. Keep it up!