Hope's Tempting Illusion
By Kali Ma
The sun's faint glimmer creeps over the mountainside,
The dawn of a new morning overrides the hazy night.
All too familiar sights seen with dark eyes
Shine with new meaning with the coming of the light.
Things seem more substantial, the future more certain;
The nights seem shorter with daylight's rule,
Sleep is easier to come by with no ghosts to fight,
and tears dry up without depression's consuming fuel.
Hope's tempting illusion fills the aching chasm
left behind with the riddance of the cataclysmal plague.
Dreams replace nightmares, memory fades to black...
All that was once too important has become distinctly vague.
Calm ensues as before the beginning of a fierce storm,
The darkness has surrended and peace rests content.
The light begins to dim, as security's siren song lulls,
And it seems all is right, with night's bansihment.
But the sun must always set, and night's demons wait,
Lingering patiently waiting for daylight's hold to wane.
They shall storm the stronghold; rape the unwilling mind,
And leave the body shattered with suicide's muderous rage.
Comments on "Hope's Tempting Illusion"
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On Thursday, December 23, 2004, Silent Assassin
(108) wrote:
I loved how you set up this entire poem. It was perfect. Very good all the way through.
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On Thursday, December 16, 2004, physicalgraffiti
(56) wrote:
the last verse was brillant. holy shit. i really really love this poem.
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On Thursday, December 16, 2004, Rone4611
(121) wrote:
**bows
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On Thursday, December 16, 2004, Rone4611
(121) wrote:
all hail queen of imagry *gets on knee's and bowls*
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A former member wrote:
enrapturing....check out my "beauty in simplicity." you won't be disapointed. much love. -zay
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A former member wrote:
"Calm ensues as before the beginning of a fierce storm,
The darkness has surrended and peace rests content." this was beautiful I like all of it of course but this really struck a cord for me.
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On Friday, December 10, 2004, WhoIAM
(27) wrote:
That was really a very good poem. Solid work. Especially liked the 2nd stanza.
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On Thursday, December 9, 2004, TheLastDragon
(69) wrote:
...Unless, of course, you have lunarphobia! Good write.