Best Poems Written by Shawna Black

Clarity

So what if we started anew?
Forgot about all of the pain we’ve put each other through
Maybe then we could learn to see the beautiful things we were made to be
Like two sparrows who just fell in love
But I’m no song bird, I’m not your dove
I was your crutch and you were mine
And we were just shadows this whole damn time
Our souls have been aching to be set free
So I said I hated you, but I meant to say me
See I’ve been lost in this world so torn 
Not sure if I was made only to be born
What’s my purpose, my place on this rock?
But with you, I felt meaning, an electrical shock
I wanted to save you
But what I just couldn’t see…
The darkness hadn’t engulfed you, the darkness
Was me
So I took a few trips around the sun
Only to discover, life had just begun
Begun anew, but without my friend
My love
My songbird 
For you, I send
Now I’m sitting in an alley covered in grime
The sun does not show its usual shine
I laugh.  I cry.
But there is no meaning
Without you, my soul is bleeding
I’m bleeding until there’s nothing left
Nothing to live for, only regret…
I must flee this place before I’m no more
Nothing but empty
Someone else’s chore
I want no pity, no sympathy please
Not your shoulder
I won’t fall again to my knees
The moon shines brightest on the darkest night
Lighting the way, leading my fight
I follow it
My heart pounds in my chest
I need anything but to rest
I am a songbird 
I am a dove
But I have found something new to love
The chances I have been given…
This life.  My life
It can be better
I must end this strife
And then there is sun
It shines once more
I feel its glow
I know its warmth
I see my shadow and it sees me
The darkness is gone
I am finally
Free

Copyright © Shawna Black | Year Posted 2017