The Child.

By Exodus


I watch the window
As it slowly breaks
Disintegrating
Into the thin air

The trees hover over
The path
They are so old
So wise

I sit against your gravestone
I ask of you.
Give me your sadness
Bleed through me

I notice the trees have turned
Black
Against the dark blue sky
The 6th hour of the daylight

Now fades into its darker side

No one understands my sadness
And why I lack the things I do

A boy enters my dark realm
He stares, and turns away
Unlike my dreams
He is real to touch

They laugh and sing
And join the street
With a happy skip

Youth

Something so good
Never lasts

I see it leaving my face
The gleam, gone from my eyes
I am no longer the bright
Light
I was 5 years ago

And even then
What sort of child
Thinks with a mind
Wiser
And much older
Than their kind

The words refuse to complete me
So I wait until they respond
With pen and paper
Communication

There’s a wall
I hide behind

I seem a mystery

But that
Is up to you
To decide.

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Copyright 2004 Exodus
Published on Tuesday, January 13, 2004.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • worm On Friday, July 14, 2017, worm (1149)By person wrote:

    a good piece! Nice... ~worm~

  • Solace On Wednesday, January 14, 2004, Solace (1065)By person wrote:

    Ok if i were forced into choosing my favorite poem of yours its this... Definately... I found so much of myself in it that i was amazed and enthralled... i'd comment more but i have to read it more

  • Ideas On Wednesday, January 14, 2004, Ideas (50)By person wrote:

    All I can say is I loved it.

  • stormtalk On Wednesday, January 14, 2004, stormtalk (727)By person wrote:

    One of my favorites of yours in a while... I love the murky, shadowy surrealism of it. The impish tone of the end is good, too. I can't think of anything to suggest to make it better...

  • A former member wrote: o-mi-goodness...this is...amazing, extremely profound, i can't even believe how much i loved this, really really wonderful.

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