My plans have failed me once again.

I can't seem to find anything

good for the past months.

Is it true that all around me is falling

20 feet from the highest cliff?

I can feel myself changing into

someone I haven't imagined  before.

The seas look so comforting now

The ashes, the smoke, its seem all a blur

since  this new person took over.

Can I ever be myself again?

Can I have my old comforts again

Or am I not allowed to?

I'm not the one who is supposed to be

perfect, overachiever.

I'm the one that you might not suspect

to be the next world famous celebrity

(I just have to get there first)

This shadow,

These head aching moments.

It kills me every time I think about it.

The light.

I need the light.

Give it to me.

Please release me from this pain.

Please bring me back to myself again.

Keyword: Shadows Inside

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Posted by resistanceisfreedom 2008-08-21 20:14:10 .... i could feel the serious torment that you expressed in this piece. it was an anthem to regain one's self back. and i really enjoyed your picture....you always have good pictures. + Report this comment
Posted by lemon 2008-08-21 20:39:25 .... This was excellently done. Your imagery was very good. I could feel your agony here and the desperation in the last few lines. This was full of emotion-- Good job =] + Report this comment
Posted by Zombie Punk 2008-08-22 04:08:39 Shadows Inside yeah i thought this was pretty good. it was enjoyed, that's for sure. Great Job! + Report this comment
Posted by Tarhead Mugwump 2008-08-22 23:00:30 shadows inside the best laid plans of mice and men... this is very well written, and i guess you figured out - that since the invention of time - we cannot be that which we once were. write on! + Report this comment
Posted by Something Indecent 2008-08-28 14:30:45 .... That's true. Racing for the past is a race going through the present. Its inevitable that we do something unacceptable in our minds. And then are forced to live with it. Good poem. It brings up some good thoughts and ideas. + Report this comment
Posted by Terry Collett 2008-08-30 05:26:26 .... Yes, Hannah, an impressive poem indeed. so much to get one's teeth into in this poem, depths, inwrd looking gazing, feelings, sense of feeling lost, another there too, taking over, taking your place. good quality poem I'd say. + Report this comment

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