Jayne Eggins Poet Free verse

A Short Walk

The emptiness
 of my loss
 is reducing me
 to nothing,
 I am sliding
 into the arms
 of the chasm,
 my days
 grow shadows,
 as the mind
 ever weakens
 the light of sight
 is slowly
 being devoured.

Coldness
 has gripped
 at the center of me,
 the fire fails
 to warm
 the sun refuses
 to shine,
 flames that once
 lit my soul
 are now gathered
 in the corners
 consumed to ash

my moments of clarity
 are fading...

into the distance,
 rambling seconds
 of insanity creep
 into cracks and chips
 forming in my eyes,
 delusions trick
 me onto the mile 

A gaping hole
 widens in my chest
 my ribs now rattle
 with the wind,
 fingers no longer
 find purchase
 passing through
 this world
 into the next

And so,
 the long road
 to lunacy
 is no longer quite
 so far, it is just
 round the corner
 waiting for me

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Paul Callus March 8, 2014 at 9:18 AM Very well written. Sadness can be so heavy on the heart, but we must hold on fast because the urge to give in is simply too easy. // paul Jayne Eggins March 8, 2014 at 9:25 AM I wrote this one a while back and forgot to post it thankfully the emotions here aren't pervasive and hanging on I was not in a good place when I wrote this thanks for the visit its much appreciated love Jayne x