Take My Hand

By RubyXero

In this moment of despair
I am left to wander.
Sitting...still and silent.
Gazing through this plane
into my tortured state of mind.
This place of saddened lonliness.
Of wandering thoughts...to a time
of peace. Happiness

Known no longer.
Clutching depression as my
only means that I am still alive.
Instead of this robotic mechanism
that thrives on the repetition
of the day.

Save me! ...From myself.
I am concaving upon my being
with exasperation and
defeat.
Surrounded by shadows...
that steal my health and
croud my solitude. Mockingly
they judge me...whispering
of flaws and points of weakness.

Where has my solace gone?
That smile and humor...
with affection. Love.
It had pulled me out by my hands.
Out of that swamp of filth.
Filthy, rotten, decay of a
so-called life. I saw the sun...
and for once I hadn't crouched
away. I layed...sprawled out
and basking in such a
peace.

......
But that is gone now.
Dragged away from everything so beautifully
joyous. And thrown back to...
here.

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© 2008 RubyXero
Published on Saturday, February 23, 2008.     Filed under: "Depressed" and "Poetry"
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  • A former member wrote: ending was killer, and the second stanza epitomized the whole piece for me. well put, the expression. -END

  • A former member wrote: the title reminds me of NIB... look into my eyes...and...take my hand. I hope Solace returns to lift you up and lay you on that beach once again. Dolorous and beyond the depths of the fall.....

  • Taunting The Reaper On Tuesday, February 26, 2008, Taunting The Reaper (169)By person wrote:

    We all taste the rain and I'd love to share an umbrella with you some time. Meanwhile, I'm reading you...and thanking you for sharing your words.

  • MESUN On Sunday, February 24, 2008, MESUN (230)By person wrote:

    I find myself looking back often to times better than now. I think things only get harder because we have more on our plates to deal with as we get older. As for those joyous things I feel they aren't dragged away, but they merely fade from our presence. The best we can hope for is to create little happy moments to battle the overwhelming grief that is life. In then end, oh well, keep rolling.

  • freudian-slip On Saturday, February 23, 2008, freudian-slip (236)By person wrote:

    clutching depression... that line dominates this.


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