Tapering off in a redundant gesture of defeat
An erroneous life silently suffocating on fumes
Indoctrinated since birth
and reprogrammed by independent perception
Disenchanted as the layers peel back
revealing the perverted roots of a seemingly fruitful surface
Categories:
tapering off, psychological,
Form: Free verse
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Lost in a moment between now and then
gazing ahead at the moon
Calling your number again and again
maybe I wondered too soon
Balanced alone on the edge of a shelf
clinging to what I believe
Looking at no one except at myself
something I’ve yet to conceive
Destiny answers the memories shown
dreams I have placed on the sill
Dance in the shadows of times I have known
somehow it seems that they will
For here I sit on a couch in the dark
thinking if only you knew
Closing my eyes as my thoughts do embark
how much I am missing you
Every handle on every door
spins as if time has a place
Locking the feeling of love evermore
broken this heart that I trace
Now all I have are these echoes I send
tapering off down the hall
Lost in a moment between now and then
silent in spite of it all
Written for the: If only you knew Poetry contest
Sponsored by: Silent One
Categories:
tapering off, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme
within the walls of the void
that fills itself
bouncing back and forth
dark stark emptiness
hollow desolate
deep within
a swirl of utter isolation
resonant still
echoes tapering off
beyond nothingness
muffled muted
deep within
Categories:
tapering off, imagination, introspection, philosophy,
Form: Free verse