Darren White Poet Prose Poetry

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A Vessel Overflowing

This boat is full,
A vessel overflowing.
In darkness people talk.
A child is crying.

I close my eyes,
Lock out the world.
I envision drab gloom
As sunlight on my begging husk;
The damp frazzles
As lightweight trunks
Around my gaunt calves.

We left, so many nights ago,
I lost count, it doesn't matter.
Deferment of death.
I saw them go...
Such euphemism, such irony...
I count and wait with serenity,
Dream my dream of
Spacious green meadows,
Chanting larks.

I left it all behind,
My memories I buried
With my bare hands.
I fertilized the dust
With drops of saline tears.
Alone I am, alone.
Soon this journey ends.
My eyes are closed,
My thoughts are fleeing,
I send them to freedom.

This boat is full,
A vessel overflowing.
In darkness people howl,
A child is dying.

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January 31, 2017

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White Wolf January 31, 2017 at 7:15 PM You are such a great writer, Duir! Happy or sad like this one, I see glimpses of both! Awesome my friend. Darren White January 31, 2017 at 11:18 PM Thank you :) Dunno if I'm great, but this poem worked out well. It's dark, but...

Claudia Polydoro January 31, 2017 at 6:09 PM A heartbreaking poem, my friend... but perfectly writen... (((Darren))) Darren White January 31, 2017 at 11:17 PM Thanks Claudia, sometimes you get sad when listening to the news :) <3

Tim Smith January 31, 2017 at 3:35 PM A somber tone but so well written. Darren White January 31, 2017 at 3:56 PM Thanks Tim, sometimes the news just gets to you.

Chris Green January 31, 2017 at 12:57 PM Seems the day for sad poems and this one is deeply sad. It feels so lonely, even if the shipped is overflowing, still the loneliness screams the loudest. very deep and dark my friend, but so well written. Darren White January 31, 2017 at 1:07 PM Thanks Chris. I am the child of fugitives. In the news I so often see those heartbreaking stories and I feel that pain...