Larry Belt Poet Rhyme

The Dark Poet

I keep waiting for the sunshine
But all I get is rain
This melancholy spirit
Fills my soul with pain

Lost I wander aimlessly
I know not where I go
My prison bars are hopelessness
Freedom, I'll never know

Locked in total darkness
No hope to see the light
Just a forgotten memory
A spirit of the night

Not looking for a future
But praying for an end
One more day is way too long
In this hell I'm living in

I write these words in torment
A curse, I live each day
A poet's heart, forever dark
With only hate to say

I write no happy endings 
Just pain and suffering
My blackend heart betrays my mind
With the words my pen must bring

One day soon I'll breathe my last
No loved one here that cries
My torment here is over
This poet of darkness dies

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Dane Ann Smith-Johnsen May 26, 2010 at 12:25 AM Congratulations, Larry, on your win in the Dark Poet Contest sponsored by, SKAT a k a Irma, with this melancholy dark poem. Sadness and depression is a soul killer for sure. What joy is there except that which we find it in ourselves, through love, hope, and joy. (as taught before mortality in the Garden of Eden and after studying the Life of Christ.) God be with you. Lovingly, Dane Ann

Kelli Egloff-Metzgar May 23, 2010 at 11:04 AM This is how I used to write _ all so many years ago. Life does change and it does get better! Good luck and congrats

Margaret Foster May 21, 2010 at 6:15 PM Congratulations, Larry. All the agony pours out. well done...Margaret

Andrea Dietrich May 21, 2010 at 2:32 PM Way to go. You won the heart of the Dame of Darkness! GREAT win, Larry. Enjoy!

Carol Sunshine Brown May 21, 2010 at 10:32 AM Congratulations on your win Larry in "The Dark Poet" contest sponsored by S K A T. Love, Carol

Skat A May 21, 2010 at 10:26 AM CONGRATS, LARRY #2 PLACE, ENJOYED THE TRUE WRITE OF A DARK POET. NOT SAYING YOU ARE A DARK POET. THIS IS WHAT ONE WOULD SOUND LIKE,,SKAT

Carol Sunshine Brown May 20, 2010 at 3:16 AM Irma is going to have her hands full selecting from these exceptional Dark Poet poems. The best to you in the contest Larry. Love, Carol

Amy Green May 19, 2010 at 3:01 PM I was hoping you would enter this contest... this poem freaks me out because it is so claustrophobic. Great job- an excellent piece!

Poet Destroyer A May 19, 2010 at 1:53 PM that is what iam talking about,..p.d.

Ralph Taylor May 19, 2010 at 1:14 PM Wow thats super, Larry. Best of luck in the contest. You got a good shot.

Jessica Arteaga May 19, 2010 at 11:34 AM much enjoyed this one larry, I definitetly see this one in the rankings, dark doesn't have to be fear, but also the dark spot in some hearts from sadness and/or hate.