Seconds Away
My transparency is clouded by rainy eyes. Closed wide open
Dilated pupils penetrate the delicate skin protecting the aged flesh of my soul.
But seeing nothing
Not even the emptiness of my being.
Becomming integrated in the shadows of certainty
Sentimental flowers line my grave
As the petals disintegrate above my reach
I feel a peaceful death slipping
Through the cracks of my fingers
Attempts to rise above the pain fail me
Instead; I float below the sky
Flying with broken wings
Broken by the winds of reality
Hiding behind words;
Refusing to be defeated by unshed tears
That have already soiled my smile
Anger rushes through me;
Not fully understanding why no one
Nothing understands the beat of my heart
The lack of beat in my heart
Shining blank eyes at my pain
Expecting smiles to comfort their faces
Yet I yearn for a comforting stare
This emptiness
This void eats at my sanity
Living in the death of expectation
Reaching for nothing
Becomming the nothing that is within me
With Questions...
Why is my only release through a pen?
Why my only ears is this paper
Watching time speed along
I await the fire
And as the coldness arrive
I will burn in the ashes of my tears
Copyright © Shawna Belnavis | Year Posted 2008
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