Darkness devours my miserly despondent room.
Wide windows covered shutting all luminous light
A taciturn thief that stole even the stars.
I sigh, a sudden suffering, it steals my sorrow from my eyes.
“The Darkened Sky Stole My Tears.”
She had left for good, no reason given.
Sorrowful soreness cling to my weary heart.
I feel a dreadful dirge hurting inside my breast,
My humble heart dances a worthless wake.
And still no sign of a flash of light in the dark.
My heart beats an echo of an illogic rhythm.
A mournful lullaby comes and goes in my head.
I curse the hush of darkened air, desperate echoes.
The mournful dirge suddenly flickers light
Through louvers and then I find my dreadful tears.
Placed 1
The pains of my pains ,
Was watching you lying straight
In that wooden bed
Whilst mourning with pain
I knew then
That your eyes are forever closed Mdali .
The pains of my pains ,
Was you leaving me for betrayals
In the hands of whammies and families
So is friends and my enemies .
That was the was my pain .
The lesson which left me with no gain ,
The scars compared none to Abigail.
I cried silent cries for decades ,
Hurdling with my knees
Griplling with my finger nails ,
But still no sign of you or hail .
The pain of my pains ,
Was you leaving me with repos .
Today , it sadens me when I see toddlers .
That angers me when I see mothers ,
This occupies my peace not
When I see others playing mothers .
The pain of my pains
Comes when it rains .
It is then that I see my shelter drains ,
That know it is the end of me,
Whilst neighbors are chanting .
That is my pain .
My pain that echoes everyday when the sun sets
And when the day dawns .
The very same pain that has no prescription
Nor a remedy
And this pain will take me one of the good days
I promised to be home by Christmas
To see my kid and be with my family
But i didn't know the journey ahead
Would be my last
I thought i'd eat those fresh buns by morning
Now its noon and i've not arrived
And my phone has gone cold
I'm out of service
I hoped i could beat the traffic
by overtaking the traffic ahead
only to veer off the road
As i was avoiding to hit a kid crossing
I couldn't let myself hit the kid
I couldn't brake in time either
The kid looked terrified
and in that moment i saw my own kids
It's evening and still no sign
Everyone must be worried by now
Its gone dark on my side
and there's no way to ever come home
If you get to hear me now
Its sad i never got one last time
To say goodbye to you
Not a day goes by without thinking of you all
The PO£T
Slow down! by Viv Wigley
The first week of September,
still no sign of Halloween,
a shop window full of Christmas cards
the second I have seen.
By the time my Pumpkin's binned and
fake spider on its last legs,
the shops will all have tinsel and
a stack of Easter eggs.
New year brings Summer holidays,
and brochures through my door,
Burns night there's bonfire toffee,
it's almost ten months before.
I'm getting on in years a tad,
my pace of life will slow,
retailers make the years flash by
as fast as it can go.
I'm hoping I've a few more years
before my life goes down the pan,
Oh,no- I'm only sixty-two,
here's ANOTHER funeral plan!
She was only sixteen years old,
Didn't know much about heart breaks,
The only thing she knew was the love we shared,
And my soft words, soothingly amazing.
She was the pit toilet digger's daughter,
I was a billionaire first son,
My family and friends told me to stay away from her,
I couldn't because I loved her more than life itself.
Since human wants are insatiable,
So I left our motherland for more greener pastures,
That was many years ago,
While I promised to come back to fulfill my promises.
Many years have gone by now,
Still no sign of me, not even a glimpse,
Her parents hopelessly died out of frustration,
While waiting to become my in-laws.
Now she's the only one left in the wretched family,
Old with wrinkles and gray hairs,
Hoping that I will come back to tie the knot with her,
Since she had weaved her life and dreams around me.
Over thirty five years ago,
I have been doing time behind prison bars,
Because I trafficked illicit drugs,
I'm free and back home with nothing,
Yet, she remained faithful and waited for me.
From Plymouth Rock to the Golden Gate
Old World religions have fostered hate
With no "brother" fuss
Just "them against us"
And still no sign their hate will abate
Missing Piece
There is a piece of me missing. Not sure where to find it. I've looked in my room for it. Still can't find it. Went to look in the living room for it. Nope, not there. I've asked my kids to help me find the missing piece. Nope, they can't help me find it either. I have searched up, down and left to right. Still can't find it.
I've been looking for this missing piece for a long time now. I think I have been looking for it for years. Maybe even decades. Still no sign of it. The piece will remain missing.
Have you seen my missing Sanity?
I wade through the darkness,
I can't find my way home,
Far away from the rest of the world,
I feel so very alone.
I walk a little further,
I cut my feet on stone,
For how many more sins, must I atone?
Defeat is much more bitter,
When you suffer through it alone.
Still no sign of daylight,
It's the dark before the dawn,
I wonder if this is some nightmare,
As I mindlessly trudge on.
Further still I wander,
For courage now I pray,
and blindly stumble onward,
Towards the break of day.
You're worried he hasn't called
though he didn't say he would.
And wait for the phone to ring,
knowing he'd call if he could.
You peer out of the window
once more for the hundredth time.
And when there is still no sign,
anxieties start to climb.
You wonder why; he's so late,
maybe it's a traffic jam.
Or perhaps he's at some bar,
and just doesn't give a damn!
He'd better have an excuse
or head home on the double.
Yet you pray that he isn't
in any sort of trouble.
All is quickly forgotten
as he pulls into the drive.
And you greet him with a kiss,
thankful he's home; and alive.
(Quatrain)
9/25/2015
Across the ocean sings a lady with flowers in her hair
She dances in the moonlight sky imagining you there
Pretending she's a princess
Laughing, having fun
Streaming tears of happiness waiting for the sun
The night is slowly ending
Tomorrow is on it's way
Quietly awaiting for another lovely day
She lay to rest so peacefully upon Earth's precious ground
Her day of beauty and the love that she has found
Still no sign of morning light
No whispers in the air
The only sign of any life are the flowers in her hair
©2014 Tamilyn Love
I have waited
And still wait
For break of dawn
and Nita, my woman
I have sorrowed
And still sorrow
This hook of fate
Delay not my woman!
I have thirsted
And still thirst
At the fountain of love
And still wait for her.
Now the sun has risen
And workers hurry to town
And children back to school
But still no sign of Nita!
Nita, if these lines
should reach you
Hasten!
My heart is sore with yearning!
Sleep, sleeping, to sleep. Deep sleep,
Need sleep, Rem sleep, Can’t sleep.
Longing for this simple need
My tired mind can only plead.
Just one long night in Neverland
That sweet dream would be so grand
The sheep counted are without number
Still no sign of precious slumber
At last exhaustion rules the day
On a cloud of bliss I slip away...
Half past April, still no sign
What were you waiting for?
To surprise me? To remind me?
To fill us with gratitude?
My oh my, how I missed you.
In our frozen rotation
We grew closer, yes we knew
The darkest of places, where
Only our faith could pull us through.
My oh my, how I missed you.
That first day of spring, please bring it with you,
In your suitcase of sunshine and shimmering skies,
We’ll unpack together and watch the sunrise,
We’ve come to the end of the way I missed you.
I left the doors open,
To our blue wave garden of trust,
The end of our winter has only begun
Welcome, we made it, but only just.
My oh my, how I missed you.
How could you help bring me into this
world and not take care of me.
17 years later still no sign of u anywhere.
you and mom bailed out not given a ****
about me never in a million years would
I think of this ever happening. If I ever see u
or even get the chance to meet u, I will tell u
that I hate u and I never want to see u. Dad
don't u care anything about me, well just to let
u know I am doing just fine without u. Growing
up without a Father is something that hurts but
I learned to live without u.
.LIL BOI IN DA HOUSE
MOMMA LAYIN ON DA COUCH
JUS GOT DONE SHOOTIN UP
NOW SHES PASSED OUT
BOI SAYS MOMMY WAKE UP
BUT SHE DOESNT MOVE
HE SHAKES HER N SHAKES HER
BUT SHE HIGH ON DAT JUICE
STILL NO SIGN OF LIFE
LIL BOI STOMACH GROWLS
BUT DERES NUTTIN TO EAT TONITE
LIL BOI WONDERS OFF WHILE MOMMA IS SLEEP
SHE LEFT DA DOOR OPEN
NOW HES OUT IN DA STREET
DOESNT KNO TO LOOK BOTH WAYS
DEN DERES A TRUCK BEEP BEEP
SIRENS ERRYWHERE WHILE MOMMA STILL SLEEP
LADY CRIES OUT
WHERES DA BOIS MOTHA
WHERES DA BOIS FATHA
DADDY PULLS UP N ASKS WATS DA HOLLA
LOOKS DOWN N SEES DA SON DAT WONT BREATHE
HE GETS ON ONE KNEE N YELL
GOD, DONT TAKE HIM PLZ
BUSTS IN DA HOUSE N WAKES DA MOMMA
MOMMA REEKS OF CRACK N GUANGA
HE DRAGS HER OUTSIDE N SHOWS HER DA SON
SHE BREAKS OUT INTO TEARS N ASK WATS GOIN ON
SHE WAS TOO HIGH TO STAY AWAKE
NOW HER SONS LIFE IS AT STAKE
AMBULANCE RUSHES TO DA HOSPITAL
DEY TRY TO REVIVE DA BOI
TIME AFTA TIME
HIS LIFE DEPLOYS
FAMILY IN DA WAITIN ROOM
MOMMA IS DOWN OFF HER HIGH
BUT ITS TOO LATE
HER SONS LIFE JUS HIT FLATLINE
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