Christopher Flaherty Poet Free verse

Blue

I tried to warn you
But did you listen
Tried my level best to tell the truth
and not perpetuate the lie

I told you I am not the man you
perceive or believe me to be

Come to think of it not quite sure
I ever was
Maybe once upon a time way back 
when I was just a boy
That suit shoe's hat and key don't fit
And yet again don't hold your breath
honestly i don't think he is ever coming 
back or where in fact he went at all 

The showman here before you is not real
it's all an act that crawls back into the
shadow's when alone 
To the point now it drains me and i struggle
to remember my lines or even play fulfill 
the role I was born to play 
It drives me round the bend and full 
disclosure no I have not the will or desire
to being to mend

The crack's are ripping open laid bare
for all to see so hold on tight the end is nigh 
Not long now before I am muted out
completely for the greater good 
If I had anywhere else to go I would have
left long ago but that would only add to
other's woes and so too mine 

And how to end this morbid tale of sorrow

But rather with what the me they and both
I wish and want to know leaving them
wanting more
With 1 or 2 witty quips surreptitious or
humorous anecdote or jokes to send 
them gladly on there way happier as I 
have somehow inadvertently made their day

No point in making other's feel blue as
well just because I am as that may be
one and only saving grace and gift I
haven't yet lost 
And surely then only hell awaits to break my
fall because I must be then so far gone rock 
bottom is as far away as heaven's locked
staircase gate 

I did try to warn you from the very start
But did you listen

Come to think of it no neither so did I
I seen the very same warning signs
In fact I was indeed he who pointed 
them out clear as day

But yet again i can not be told
Never take the time to listen
And choose to rather follow the blind

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David Kavanagh August 2, 2022 at 2:37 PM I did listen Christopher and I still do, as you spiral in and out of the depression prison cell, this poem is dark beyond measure, you bring the reader into the frayed ends of sanity quite brilliantly, it’s an exceptional portrayal of hopelessness following its own path, I really hope this spiral relents soon, cheers David