A Storm Just for Me

By lordshadow

It's not as if I haven't
cried enough...

I've done more than
my fair share...

I'm actually quite experienced
in that department...

It's almost a certainty,
that if you look at me,
you can see the
remnants of wetness;
the watery streaks
on these windows of emotion
that are often shrouded by black curtains...

And as the rain
pours
down
and
down
and
down
flooding the gutters
from behind the shutters

do you wonder what fuels
my own personal storm?

Does it take a flood to create concern?
Does it take sandbags upon sandbags of blatant
blindness to cause you not to see that something is
definitely

not

right?

What will it take to make you break down
and finally ask me
"what's wrong?"

Show me that you
want to know
why I'm not
What you want me to be

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Copyright 2004 lordshadow
Published on Monday, December 13, 2004.     Filed under: "Poetry"
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  • stormtalk On Thursday, January 6, 2005, stormtalk (727)By person wrote:

    Well done... strong throughout with an original premise and a piercing ending... nice work, Mr. Shadow.

  • A former member wrote: .. the last lines bled me dry.

  • purr_verse On Monday, December 13, 2004, purr_verse (1052)By person wrote:

    the concluding stanza is marvellous - simple, powerful, challenging and...well, all the good stuff. >:) Always a great thing to see a post from you!

  • A former member wrote: I must completly agree with purr here....good stuff....nice to see you back

  • Sin On Monday, December 13, 2004, Sin (1135)By person wrote:

    this was well worth the wait, im so glad your writers block is lifted...this was wonderful ~kristy

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