Singing to the Clouds on a Starless Night
By SilentStalker
It's amazing how one can do in days
What I couldn't do in
years
Suddenly my heart was in my throat again
Torn from all
the agony I had fed to it
And finally I had coughed it up
Right into her arms and watched in awe
As she closed the lesions
on it and handed it back to me.
I've never seen anyone
stitch so perfectly
Yet nothing opens your eyes quite
like
Trying to protect yourself from pain brought on by others
Only to find out that you--the one you worried for most
Were
doing the damage to yourself
Walking blind comes too
naturally, sometimes
And I was running
Running
to her--running away from myself
And like the stone on the pavement
As we kick it and watch it roll along its path
Only to land
facing the same way it was when it started
So did I land right where
I had been
"I'll never get anywhere like this."
Call me Eve
Grasping frantically for my own apple
Crying
out as the devil snake
Shrouded in his cloak of Hope
Leers
over me laughing--rewarding me with despair
Every time my own forbidden
fruit
Slips effortlessly away from my fingertips
and
I stumble, crying yet again
I collapsed today
And
looked up to where I thought you were standing
Calling out to your
apparition once again
To hold this heart that I keep tearing
But I couldn't bear the damage on my own
So I placed it in a
glass cage once more
So that even I dared not touch it
But
why do we not care about what will happen to ourselves
When someone
calls out to us again
And instinctively shatter the glass surrounding
our hearts
Without a second thought
Only to suffer the consequences
of loving without thinking
And again my heart is bleeding
The stitches are tearing, and I felt like
I may as well
just throw it away
And forsake any hope I ever had
But as
bad as it hurts
It hurts that much worse to think about leaving.
Some things are more special than my own self.
Some things are worth the risk.
Author's Note:
I had exactly 7452 reasons to write this...Comments on "Singing to the Clouds on a Starless Night"
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On Wednesday, September 30, 2020, sIo
(898) wrote:
A part of me has broken, Darun. Broken.
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On Monday, December 23, 2013, Star
(879) wrote:
this broke my hearts to tears.
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On Monday, December 17, 2007, Mari
(419) wrote:
No, I think you should write free verse more often. To think that someone could honestly have been this sad, is just - disappointing.
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On Friday, May 12, 2006, Arianna
(105) wrote:
just.... wow. no other words come to mind.
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On Sunday, May 7, 2006, elisa
(1595) wrote:
an escutcheon...... most ppl swing a sharpened shield much like a sword....i believe the only person we can not save is...ourselves......
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On Sunday, May 7, 2006, elisa
(1595) wrote:
......maybe we're born with a broken heart that shares a quantum beat with another.... giving us a desperate need to keep breathing and searching......(to be contiued)
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On Saturday, May 6, 2006, SilentStalker
(1047) wrote:
...yes; I have recently put that message in there...
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On Thursday, May 4, 2006, ZealousValadiction
(42) wrote:
.....now i realy want to give you giant bear hugs *smiles* this was filled with both pain and beauty. -Laurie
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On Wednesday, May 3, 2006, yslehc
(334) wrote:
lovely my dear, i agree with nightlysin... it's perfect.. .. wow..
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On Wednesday, May 3, 2006, TaintedButterfly
(653) wrote:
You took my breath away with this. I'm ashamed for not having read your works previously. Hope you forgive me? This was just beyond heartbreakingly beautiful. It's life. To have someone risk everything for you, that's love. Julia~
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On Wednesday, May 3, 2006, Gideon Lost
(137) wrote:
Thank you for the kind comment. After reading this, I can see they come from a very wise (and handsome) man. I will be reading more of your work. -Gideon
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On Wednesday, May 3, 2006, SilentStalker
(1047) wrote:
...this is probably the only one like it...my eyes have only recently opened up, you could say...
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On Wednesday, May 3, 2006, SilentStalker
(1047) wrote:
...I find it funny how some of us run around shielding ourselves all the time, never realizing that the sword works so much better when we're not always worried about defending...
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On Monday, May 1, 2006, Sin
(1135) wrote:
Darun this was really beautiful...it brought tears to my eyes and a smile to my lips...be brave..you deserve nothing short of happiness :) ~kristy
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On Monday, May 1, 2006, Dissolving Poet
(560) wrote:
This was just perfect, you made my heart bleed for you Darun. You did a great job on your come back:)... I love this sooo much*bookmarks*
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A former member wrote:
crushing... I like the stone figure, very wise words, thanks
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A former member wrote:
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A former member wrote:
this literally leaves me speechless and guilty.
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On Monday, May 1, 2006, SilentStalker
(1047) wrote:
...I never saw anything for anyone to feel guilty about...
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A former member wrote:
some things are worth risking everything for.... exceptional write man, my hats off