Sand Drawn Map to the Antidote as the Tide Comes In

By Dilated View

I am in the way again
I'm nothing when I look in your eyes
You're changing shape
Your great escape
You are my distant shoreline

I would walk away from this
If I could forget

Buried in my mind
I find
Sabotage
Celebrates
Infancy
Sentient
Symmetry

Searching inside
I find
My habitat
Cannot support
Such
Subdued
Sympathy

You are my lack of remorse
You are my faltering flame

You are my constant struggle
You are my permanent shame

If I fail would you forgive me
For not living out your dreams?

I am in the way again
I'm nothing when I dance on your strings
You're in my head
Your bitter end
You are my love that won't sing

I would live to fight another day
If I could focus

Buried in my mind
I find
Treachery
Subtly
Matures
Signifies
Savagery

Searching inside
I find
My abhorrence
Cannot ignore
Such
Scorn
Selectively

You are my radiant sun
You are my silent decay

You are my poignant poison
You are my mistrusting gaze

You are my crashing footsteps
You are my seething laughter
You are my lasting answer
You are my last disaster

If I fall would you forgive me
For landing just short of the worst you bring?

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Published on Tuesday, May 18, 2010. Filed under: "Personal" and "Poetry"

Author's Note:

another conflict with my soul

Comments on "Sand Drawn Map to the Antidote as the Tide Comes In"

On Monday, August 20, 2012, Beautiful Incidental (39) wrote:

i could read this daily. maybe i will. every line struck a chord within me...
On Sunday, August 19, 2012, Dreaming in Stanzas (303) wrote:

Everything about this poem.....oh man.....the title, the conflicting lines, the alliteration, the format......it's just perfect. I saw two people talking to each other before they realize that they are looking in the mirror and are in fact, one person.
A former member wrote: you go on such unchartered introspective journeys.. with all the twists and turns that i am afraid of... i feel this struggle.. like watching someone balled up and fighting the unseen, unable to help....
A former member wrote: "You are my crashing footsteps You are my seething laughter You are my lasting answer You are my last disaster" Oh My... this was fucking awesome. Deserves the fucking. I am stunned and shocked. *weeps within this*
A former member wrote: the title piqued me; and the write pried me open. your structure gives a steady unsurity; a thunder to the underlying hurt, underlining the questions with.in and out.side a self. well done.
On Tuesday, May 18, 2010, Malcholm Dark (810) wrote:

so beautiful D... a perfect well written poem... fine emotional content... the repeating line is a great touch... thanks for sharing

Sand Drawn Map to the Antidote as the Tide Comes In

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