Robin L. Gass Poet Quatrain

I Am

I am a frightened spirit
I wait to be set free
I'm a prisoner of the darkness
that has always been with me
a side effect of the disease
in my infected mind
where conflict and self hatred 
are what I so often find

I am weakened by my journey
on a road that's been too long
in futility I've searched
to find where I belong
as the years accumulate
I can so clearly see
that I should have never been
there is no place for me

I am counting down how many beats
I have left in my heart
as I pick up scattered pieces
every time it's torn apart
the pieces grow more ragged
and more difficult to mend
when there is nothing left to fix
so will the carnage end

I am standing at the gravesite
of my dreams which have all died
acknowledging that I have failed
as hard as I have tried
I am slowly drowning
in a river made of tears
as I count the corpses
I've collected through the years

I am a wounded spirit
never wanted in this world
I have been shown my value
with each heartache it's unfurled
I am so much of nothing
and it's all I'll ever be
I'm waiting for the day to come
when death will rescue me

I am praying for that day to come
to hurry on it's way
for where I am not wanted
I do not want to stay
I am a tortured spirit
waiting for my life to cease
waiting for the time to come
when I can rest in peace

I am a summation
of the pain I've always known
a fertile mass of flesh designed
for malice to be sown
I'm a lost and weary victim
trapped in my insanity
I am a frightened spirit
I wait to be set free

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Carol Sunshine Brown March 9, 2011 at 11:11 AM Congratulations on your poetry making it through round one of PoetrySoup's contest. The best to you in the finals Robin. Love Carol

Joe Maverick February 23, 2011 at 12:44 PM i must say this is a moveing piece Robin, i congratulate you on its feature, i just hope this is a reflective write, i wish you all the best.

Vince Suzadail Jr. February 21, 2011 at 3:47 PM Congrats Robin on your quatrain being featured. Vince

Carol Sunshine Brown February 21, 2011 at 1:47 PM Congratulations on your wonderful poetry being featured this week on PoetrySoup Robin. Love, Carol

Sylvia Coulstock October 3, 2010 at 11:27 AM Hi Robin-I felt so much as I read this.I felt the misery, the despair and all the pain of a tortured soul, full of self-loathing.If this is you then I am sorry that you have such a sense of failure.Because you have so much to give and to share through your words.To be able to write like this means you will gradually be able to free your mind.And maybe through your writing reach others and inspire them.Trust in life and those around you who truly care and life will be your friend. Luv June

Jayne Eggins October 1, 2010 at 6:00 AM Brilliant Quatrain .. Congratulations on having your wonderful poem featured this week love Jayne

Skat A September 29, 2010 at 8:36 AM robin, CoNGRATULATIoNS oN HAVING YoUR PoEM FEATURED THIS WEEK*luv~SKAT

Poet Destroyer A September 29, 2010 at 8:26 AM Hello! Robin, CONGRATULATIONS on your wonderful poem being featured this week. Enjoyed the selection of all the poetry on the front page. Have yourself a nice and wonderful day,..p.d."

Vince Suzadail Jr. September 28, 2010 at 6:19 PM Congrats Robin on "I Am" being featured. Vince

Bishnu Bhusal September 27, 2010 at 6:50 PM full of remorse and regret, a craving for eternal tranquility discerned in the bosom of death .... really enjoyed the way you have depicted your feelings...

Carol Sunshine Brown September 27, 2010 at 6:38 AM Congratulations on your well deserved poetry being featured this week Robin. Love, Carol

Debbie Guzzi February 16, 2009 at 6:58 PM Robin, as they have said excellent heart wrenching verse. Decide not to be the victim hon. Decide to be the heroine in your own tale. Light & Love Debbie

Christopher Higgins January 15, 2009 at 5:32 AM This is a very sad, heart wrenching write to read Robin. Standing at the gravesite of dreams that have all died...extremely hopeless in that line...the voice in this speaks with such a resolve that there is nothing left worth living for. Good job of writing.

Raul Moreno December 11, 2008 at 2:24 AM Great poem I am says it all...Raul

Keith Bickerstaffe November 24, 2008 at 5:05 AM You may not be versed in the classics but you have your own unique way of crafting beautiful poetry. So well rhymed with lovely imagery and cadence. You may not know it but with the artistry you display you are already free... free to inspire others! I am a big fan!! Love, Keith (PS please check out 'The Dawning Of Love;' I would appreciate your remarks)