Mustapha Mohammed Poet Free verse

Sad Lines By the Sea

The screaming sadness invades me
Echoes of boundless despair
Snaking through my heart 
Withdraws a thousand tears.
Defeat encamps within my eyes
When the embers of dreaded thoughts
Disarms swift my sturdy joy 
In autumn's silence by the wavering sea.

I hate that rotten stench that lingers
The shattering dreams
The wreckage of deserted love
The stinking bitter wine of hate
The black shrouded whispers of foes
Storming through my life 
With love's savage deceit.
The blistering days
By the shorelines of death
Drawing the first cold strands of grief.


I lay in the empty highways of hopelessness
Then the skies would descend
Choking my last strand of breath
On this weary loveless earth.
Like a dog I crawl
In moss and in the lifeless dirt
With discreet pain
Toiling through my veins.
When the quivering stars of night
Would break asunder!

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Cherl Dunn November 17, 2013 at 4:07 PM This is a very sad write but showed so much emotion it is very well done, thank you for sharing this one with us soupers. cheri

Cherl Dunn November 4, 2013 at 3:19 PM A very powerful write very great word usage and it brings the reader into the work to share it with the writter. cheri also thank you for your comments.

Nette Onclaud October 29, 2013 at 12:27 AM what a searing portrayal of a painful experience, mus.. you flow like heart's throbbing rhythmn.. special work!..:) huggs

Donna Jones October 27, 2013 at 2:57 PM Grief is exactly what it is..for a heart broken...sadly....beautifully...written..Mustapha.. God bless

Liam Mcdaid October 27, 2013 at 9:45 AM as always beautifully penned dear friend

Anne-Lise Andresen October 27, 2013 at 9:30 AM - Feel your pain in these lines ..... deep and touching - well done !! - All the best to you! - oxox // Anne-Lise :)

Andrea Dietrich October 24, 2013 at 6:51 PM such splendid imagery for sorrowing!! Really good writing, my friend. I hope you will try one of those kyrielle type poems They are a lot of fun.

Skat A October 24, 2013 at 4:46 PM sad & breathtaking imagery............SKAT

Nette Onclaud October 24, 2013 at 12:32 PM i drown in the pool of your angst so beautifully inpressed on my mind, mus... unforgetttable vignetttes; pen on!..:) huggs

Shadow Hamilton October 24, 2013 at 12:15 PM deep dark despair dearest M.M a powerful write you weld your mighty pen well in battle love Shadow xox smile hugs

Poet Destroyer A October 24, 2013 at 9:42 AM so deep..... M & M.... i've never been happy when I felt this hopeless in my past. Your words and poem is breathtaking and sad at the same time... xox~ love love Linda

Nudershada Cabanes October 24, 2013 at 8:38 AM At some point in life we feel such misery and despair that hope seems bleak but this period that cast a gloomy shadow on our life is only temporary cos light will surely shine again after every darkness..Beautiful piece.

Ralph Mason October 23, 2013 at 8:10 PM great job. without dark their is no light. Warm thoughts, Ralph

Kelly Deschler October 23, 2013 at 5:02 PM A very deep and dark poem, Mustapha! I enjoyed it, though, it is not what I usually expect from you. But, sometimes it is good to try something a little different than normal. Fantastic work!...Thank you so much for all of your wonderful comments. I truly appreciate them! :)

Just That Archaic Poet October 23, 2013 at 2:04 PM Beautifully expressed piece. You're an awesome poet, my friend :)

Sara Kendrick October 22, 2013 at 5:07 PM Emotive and expressive lines that you have penned..I hope just a work and not a love gone sour..Love can be euphoric or put one in the pits of despair..Enjoyed reading this one today..Thanks for stopping by..I am still feeling ill..Sara

Charmaine Chircop October 22, 2013 at 8:55 AM When the quivering stars of night would break asunder..the moon will still shine.A very sad verse but the saddest poems are usually the most beautiful..Yes so sad yet so beautiful.