shadow-stained
crumple up the pain.
bleed it out,
do without
thoughts you can’t explain.
you are choking on air
on pressures transparent
on stresses inherent
from everywhere.
you wish to be alone
but not to be rejected
you wish to be protected
until you have grown.
You feel contained, completely restrained
by all the expectations that they hold
by deception; all the lies that you have told
and thus your heart is shadow-stained.
you can scream, shout, and slice away at the barriers around you,
but when your weapon has dulled, it takes much to break through.
It’s a terrific piece, and I can hardly imagine anything more tragic than a heart that’s ‘shadow-stained’. Perfectly put, love.
Nessa – your poetry is maturing into more than you know. Be gentle with yourself and the world will relent.
Thanks gs, this poem was the result of a childish anger or perhaps unsettling mood in me. I wish I wasn’t quite so affected by my emotions.
But you express them so vividly, which means you know what they mean. Better to let the anger out in its time, than to bottle it up until it explodes out of time …
Mm. Definitely. It feels a lot better to let it all out.
Good job Nessa. Have you looked into publications yet?
Not yet, but I’m taking a creative writing class next year and that will be one of my focuses when I do. (:
Good
Nice
DarkJade-
Thanks, Jade.
You’re Welcome Blue
DJ-