Life Is Cruel

Sitting there,
With that empty stare,
Staying still,
Going nowhere,
You have lost all hope,
The will to live,
The pain clenches your heart,
Sitting there,
In the dark,
You stare at her,

Your lost love,
Sitting in the armchair,
As cruel as life can be,
Why did god take you,
So violently from me,
I thought our love was forever,
Until the doctors told me otherwise,
Weeks not months to celebrate,
With so many tears in our eyes,
A wicked disease,
Has left me,
Mourning my soul mate,
Sitting in a dark room,
With that empty stare,
Longing and wishing for my love,
To be found opposite me,
In her favourite armchair.

Sitting there,
With an empty stare,
Remaining still,
Going nowhere,
You have lost all hope,
Your way to live,
The pain cannot be felt no more,
Sitting there,
At the crossroads,
Staring painfully,
At the old wreath of flowers,
Sitting in the wheelchair,
As cruel as life can be,
Why did god take you,
So horrendously from me,
I thought our love was forever,
The drunk driver took you away,
Hurtling into our car,
On a perfect sunny day,
A wicked man,
Has scarred me,
And mourning my soul mate,
Sitting paralyzed at that crossroads,
With that empty stare,
Longing and wishing for my love,
To come back to me,
And take me away from this wheelchair.

As cruel as life can be,
The future we can never see,
Nothing seems to be forever,
No matter how much we pray,
Or hope that is so,
As cruel as life can be,
Our dreams and visions,
Are evaporated in a twisted,
Roll of dice,
When deaths hand reaches out,
No religion or science can save you,
Time to go,
Hardly time to say goodbye,
Hold on to our memories,
When you forget how to cry,
Don’t ever forgot the one you lost,
As cruel as life can be,
Tearing away veils of hope,
And leading you to insanity,
So mourn you loved ones,
But don’t let life bring you down,
It is not over until it’s over!
© Darren Hobson September 2015
Copyright © | Year Posted 2015


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Date: 10/19/2024 12:27:00 AM
Thanks for sharing this... exposing your thoughts through your unique poetic style. Meanwhile, I greet you with the love of the Lord, expressed by John 3:16 of the Bible, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Be blessed.
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Date: 2/18/2016 10:01:00 AM
nice to see this one again. LINDA
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Date: 12/5/2015 7:59:00 PM
Hi ;)
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Date: 9/27/2015 9:13:00 PM
Hi Darren, WELCOME to poetry soup. I hope you have fun with this wonderful community. You'll find many friendly poets who are ready to support and give positive feedback. I will enjoy following you and your poetry when you are ready :) We are Lucky To Have you. Enjoy Poetry Soup:) Your New Poet Friend @-> LINDA <-@
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Date: 9/27/2015 3:05:00 PM
Darren, Welcome to Poetry Soup. It will be a delight to read and become familiar with your poems in the future. As for now, I will greet you with the same smile others passed when I first joined the soup. Wishing you and your poetry the best. I hope you get to meet all the nice poets around here STARTING with me- SKAT :-) Please drop a hello and tell me a little about yourself if you wish. I would like to be your newest poetry soup "FRIEND" Hugs* SKAT
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Date: 9/27/2015 1:46:00 PM
- Hey Darren :) - Welcome with your first poem here on P- Soup - Hope your stay will give you much pleasure - I've been here since 11/26/2011 ....... it is a pleasure to share poems and read what others write - I wish you good luck :) - Nice to "meet" you :) - // Anne-Lise :)
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Date: 9/27/2015 8:41:00 AM
Excellent first offering Darren. Gets me pondering. I give it a 7 as well.( 7 is the highest rating)
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Date: 9/25/2015 11:16:00 AM
What a powerful write to welcome yourself to this great community. I'm touched with your write, how it constructed extreme brilliant.... Losing the one we love is like a cup of blood dripped from the body. Also I love the encouraging words at it end..a seven for this beautiful piece..excellent.........A.M.
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Darren Hobson
Date: 9/25/2015 3:41:00 PM
only seven :) nevermind! cheers for the read!
Date: 9/24/2015 6:32:00 PM
Losing somebody you love hurts. Your imagery of mourning starts before the final moments of the end of life. Your argument with life and its cruel moments we all can identify with it.
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Darren Hobson
Date: 9/25/2015 3:40:00 PM
cheers frank!
Date: 9/24/2015 4:07:00 PM
This poem moved me till the end... The accident, the illness is scary... but yes the last line gives so much hope, It is not over until it's over, and life is a battle worth fighting for till the last breath.
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Darren Hobson
Date: 9/24/2015 4:11:00 PM
thank you for reading, feedback for me is very important, I sometimes think my poetry is not readable or not good quality, life is full of surprises good and bad, and I like to report every aspect.
Date: 9/24/2015 3:36:00 PM
Wow, man - lost for words ... I cannot even begin to guess how you really feel, but you sound like you got at least some of your life back together; inasmuch as you can write about it. If it helps to beat the c*rap out of those demons, then write on my friend.
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Darren Hobson
Date: 9/24/2015 4:00:00 PM
hey it was nothing personal, i have not lost anyone close to me to cancer or a car accident, i just reflecting some of the horrors people face everyday, i am glad it come across deep and meaningful! thanks for reading
Date: 9/24/2015 3:05:00 PM
A very deeply moving poem!
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Date: 9/24/2015 3:18:00 PM
thank you for your kind words.
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