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Shackles

SHACKLES The loneliness wraps around me Shackles me with its weight My blood runs cold within me I fight to stay afloat The black dark clouds, they chase me And try to take my soul The tears flow freely from me And I feel I lose control In all the worlds emotions This is the hardest one For me to shake each morning When I feel I want be done The hours of night do leave me And early morning calls Memories they do haunt me And my world sits still for all The being that is in me Is crying to be found The feelings of denial They hang onto their ground The snakes of darkness strike me And fill me with their fire Their poison seeps within me And makes my body cry The sun outside is sleeping In my half of the world And deep within me stays there I never hear it call. One day Ill go and find it Wherever it may be In this world or the next one Ill feel it shine on me The emotions that are in me They rage and ramp and fall They crush my being beneath me And never know your call That dark black hole is yonder Is lonely just like me We may find peace together And earth can blanket me Oh god, this lonely rotten heart It feels intensively So much pain it harbours there Why can’t I just be free I want to be away from here And step outside of me If only that were possible Just like a break at sea Its alright now, I’m calming I know what this does mean I know that deep inside of me I’ve lived a thousand beings Another life, if I should leave Is just another dream Another wasted life to me To live emotionally.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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Date: 1/7/2011 12:44:00 AM
Once again, you have descriptive wording and rhyming working together in this good entry.
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Date: 11/10/2010 9:15:00 AM
Congratulations on your poetry making it through the first round of the Poetrysoup site contest Robyn. The best to you in the finals. Love, Carol
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Date: 9/10/2010 2:31:00 PM
Congratulations on homepage feature this week..Glad that I got a chance to read this emotionally pack write..Writing about the emotions must have helped..Sara
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Date: 8/5/2010 5:07:00 AM
Congrats on having your poem being featured on the Poetry Soup home page this week. Please keep your creative caps on, let your poetry pen keep painting your poetry pads with colors of creativity. Enjoy the honour. Love always, Adeleke
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Date: 8/3/2010 9:01:00 AM
Dear Robyn, thanks for the kind words. I had an opportunity to read your poem “Shackles,” and I love the emotion you poured out. Love, Amy.
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Date: 8/3/2010 6:34:00 AM
Congratulations on your well deserved poem being featured this week Robyn. Love, Carol
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