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Darkness Is a Broken Heart

Have you seen darkness or felt it's sting? Tell me do you know darkness as your friend? Has darkness ever made your ears to ring? Searing pain and sorrow make your heart rend? The mind plays tricks, but the heart can feel. What is darkness; does it shadow your soul? Can you handle the pain that life does deal? Is it fear, or is it an empty bowl? Oh tell me of sorrows that weaken your spirit! I'll listen to every tear that must drop... Tell me of fears and years of pain, I must hear it! I'll hinge on your words my breathing will stop. I have been where you are and ever am there now... I can gently hold in my hands, your heart. I know your pain, your sorrows and this is my vow... Soothe your aches, keep you from falling apart... I have no friend in darkness yet it follows me... What is darkness, I ask you, don't you know? Darkness is the sorrow of a heart that is broken... It finds me, tracks me where ever I go... Can I ever be free from the darkness of love? Or will I forever be trapped and bound? Stop… Think… Be quiet! You've been there before! Hush! Whatever you do, don’t make a sound… I can feel the darkness finding me again! I can’t run, I’m out of breath, I fall to the ground and weep…

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Date: 5/25/2014 9:20:00 AM
thank you for the comment on my comment... thank you for inviting me on over, to your poem... "Among The Threads" Linda
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Date: 5/23/2014 8:29:00 AM
WOW, it stings really bad. Haven't felt the darkness in ages. I like the conundrum of darkness. Does it shadow the soul? Pernell, darkness and love, are a solid combination. Your past and future is such an enigma. I don't think we can ever escape who we are.... Awesome write... Linda
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Pernell Rodocker
Date: 5/25/2014 6:08:00 AM
Sometimes escape is not the answer. Even thoughts of final escape make the puzzle seem clearer... But truth be taunted darkness is a light the does shine brighter in times of unknown... read my new post, "Among The Threads"... PR
Date: 5/23/2014 12:05:00 AM
Sometimes we are hunted by our misery and pain of a broken hearts it is not quite easy to escape. I love the deepness of your words and how you make it into a dark sweet escape.
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Pernell Rodocker
Date: 5/24/2014 8:04:00 PM
...and so we the poets express where others can not. Thank you so much for reading and commenting! PR
Date: 5/22/2014 4:20:00 PM
Pernell, I can relate to your fear of the darkness that "finds me, tracks me wherever I go" so well that I was crying while reading your poem. Perhaps only in death will the cycle be broken. Very moving poem, Carolyn
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Pernell Rodocker
Date: 5/24/2014 8:02:00 PM
Sometimes I wonder how my poetry affects others. Thank you so much for your comments... PR

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