Hello Darkness My Old Friend
This world is full of .
Go some place off the grid.
Don’t waste time searching for me.
Time to return to the grave.
I didn’t ask to be here.
Sometimes you just want to disappear.
Hello darkness my old friend.
Soon we will meet again.
The dead will wait for me.
The world is full of hate in the darkness you see.
Move on 6 feet under.
Don’t even bother.
It’s such a waste of time.
Work yourself to death for a dime.
The grave is open for more.
Cover me up with dirt.
I am on mywayout.
I’m ready to go with no doubt.
Don’t shed a tear for me.
Crawl into the hole with lightning.
The sky rains blood.
Move on, I’ve had enough.
Take me under.
Another soul lost forever.
Hello Darkness, how did you shroud my love,
And desires once ablaze, now silent as a dove.
In this world of echoes, a symphony of hush,
A realm of whispers, where emotions blush.
In this abyss, where shadows intertwine,
I navigate the corridors of pain.
Yet, even in the heart's dim, shadowed shrine,
A glimmer of resilience dares to reign.
Please lift the darkness veil, let feelings soar,
Give my heart wings, let them explore.
In the quietude, let friends and foes reveal,
A tapestry of colors, emotions to feel.
Let the world unfold in vibrant hues,
Breaking through shadows, dispelling the blues.
Yet, if you persist, linger in a heart's recess,
A cancer confined, a silent confess.
Hide in the corners where light may not tread,
Let not your darkness spread in thoughts widespread.
For I seek brighter days, a sunlit embrace,
A canvas of hope, a dawn to chase.
I walked into you with wide-open eyes,
Your softly creeping gloom invaded my dreams,
Lingering and hastening the oblivion;
Hello, Darkness.
Doubts and confusion paved my way
Leaving room only for shadowed rain.
Unexpectedly, a gleam of light shattered my illusion
And broke the darkness.
Now I walk in light and see desperate people,
Thousands, yearning to be heard above the fray;
Silently they scream in panic and pain,
Finding only your darkness.
Foolish men knowingly block their ears,
Confident in your festering evil,
Loathe to hear the cries of the people,
Content to remain in darkness.
I see learned citizens embrace you as a god,
Unwilling to read the writing on the wall,
Bending every lie into a warped version of truth;
They worship your darkness.
I walk into you with eyes wide open,
Appalled at your naked ambition,
Straining to hear a word of denial
From those able to to constrain your darkness.
I hear only the whisper of silence.
July 31, 2019
Hello darkness...you're not my friend.
You're always lurking...around the bend.
You flash your smile...and you pretend.
That you're my deepest...darkest friend.
You fill my days & haunt my nights.
Blocking any glimpse of light.
Sometimes I'm barely holding on.
Is it really darkest before the dawn?
I’d hold the towel tight & not throw it in.
As I wait for light to filter in
If only....I knew when that would begin.
My pain,
Hides among,
Beautiful darkness,
Betwixt cracks,
In my smile,
Tears,
Sometimes,
Fill those cracks,
And drown the pain,
For awhile,
My old friend,
I call you,
Out again,
Hoping,
You'll never,
Learn to swim,
In pools,
Of...Silence.
(Vickie Thayer) 2018
Hello darkness we meet again
I walk the cobbled streets
Listening to the sounds of the raindrops falling
Watching people writing songs and poems through the sounds of silence
I see a neon light fly above the sky
While prophets of the words were written on the bus shelter.
Hello darkness my old friend
Nice to meet you once again
I didn’t mean you any harm
Why the cause for this alarm
Darkness led me to a place
I couldn’t even see her face
It was cold and empty space
Filled with torment and disgrace
She led me down some corridors
And I found myself on the moors
She whispered silently in my ear
Suddenly I was gripped with fear
I began to choke and revoke
My eyes were streaming from the smoke
I began to slumber and felt quite frail
Then I realised, this must be hell
I felt a jolt and like a bolt
Thrust back in time for my revolt
Suddenly from in my bed
Was I dreaming was I dead
The darkness fell once more
Engulfing me that’s for sure
I felt a cloak of tightness fall
I tried to grab I felt so small
This time travelling really fast
I saw the echoes of my past
We flew by some obscure things
Is this what my darkness brings?
With a flash of dazzling light
The darkness blew out of site
A glimmer of hope from a rod
Then I knew, that this was God
C Copyright 8th August 2013 K.C.Leake
Hello darkness
Bring me into your light
Where I feel safe
And I feel al right
In behind the shadows
I'll let you see my soul
I'll no longer hide
I'll tell you everything you want to know
Naked in front of you
Blanketed in blackness
Good-by reality
Hello to madness
Where I can be strong
And I can be sane
And I feel nothing
From love to pain
I've learnt to find shelter
I've learnt how to hide
But now I can't seem
To show my true feelings inside
So only in darkness
Do I have the courage to show
My truth
My lies
And all I've kept unknown
Because in behind my passion
Lies a hidden sorrow
That no matter how hard I tried
I was destined to be alone
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