empty corridors
creak
under the weight
of restlessness
groaning walls
corroding
paper thin
to dust
to ashes
as ashes sweep
on the wind
it does not rest
it does not ease
my mind
a place
a time
condemned
to history
in memory
of laughter
smiles
friendship
somewhere
now nowhere
as clocks
tick
and tock
to no one
footsteps
echo
repeat
and fall flat
in shadows
of life
outlived
once loved
too much
now ghosts
are all that remain
of you
of them
and us
stained
in sufferance
disjointed
as leaves
on a tree
in the autumn
they know
their destination
it's no surprise
when they fall
why do we
have to fall
more than leaves
this hurts
limitless
but never boundless
forever
was just a word
from hollywood
for the dreamers
who dared
and offered
salvation
it wasn't true
it was just a dream
that crashed
and burned
and died
a child
once believed
and cried
because he could
he knew
no better
it was innocence
it was freedom
it was lost
or was it stolen
as we all are
and have been
just raped
by this world
and there you were
with sunshine
pouring
from your heart
the stars
chasing down
your heels
at midnight
you run
breathless
whilst i cry
because i can
and you stopped
to dry my tears
My first piece of poetry in about ten months, it's been a long time coming. I appreciate the poem may seem somewhat dark and foreboding but in reality it's a poem of friendship and love; that's the tale it's telling. I'm most definitely not in a bad mood, it's quite the opposite in fact and that's exactly where the poem is at. All the darkness that surrounds it is blown away by the last verse, blown away by the light. It's a story of the last two days - of girlfriend leaving, man it hurt so bad to say goodbye and I cried and she helped dry my tears. But it's not the end, I saw her again today and hopefully we'll see each other lots in the future too. For girlfriend, you mean so much, with love xxxxxxxxxxxxx.
