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Array ( [sid] => 141469 [catid] => 1 [aid] => mick [title] => In the Dark [time] => 2008-04-09 10:10:11 [hometext] => There are times when I’m inconsolable, when the world around me becomes too much and my demons come out to feast on me again [bodytext] => ----------__________------------


There are times when I’m inconsolable
when the world around me becomes too much
and my demons come out to feast on me again
There are times when I’m hopeless
when I’m too lost to return home
and I don’t need your comforting touch
I just need to be left alone to sit quietly in the dark

Don’t offer me a friendly hand
nor a tender embrace of love
Just let me surround myself with shadows
and let my troubles eat me whole
Don’t try to save me when I can’t be saved
and keep your tender words for another day
a day when the tides of my heart have changed
and my soul flows the other way

But until that time remember that I love you
and that you’re still the keeper of my heart
but for the moment love is not my friend
and your tender touch and sweetest smile
are like poison to my aching soul
So let me be
Let me sit alone in the dark
Let me find comfort in forgotten lusts
Let me bandage my heart with solitude
and dry my tears with time

I know that you understand
and I pray that you’ll return
Because I long for when I can emerge from these shadows
and once again cherish the smile glistening
across your sweet, tender face
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In the Dark

Contributed by MajesticPoet on Wednesday, 9th April 2008 @ 10:10:11 AM in AEST
Topic: DarkPoetry



----------__________------------


There are times when I’m inconsolable
when the world around me becomes too much
and my demons come out to feast on me again
There are times when I’m hopeless
when I’m too lost to return home
and I don’t need your comforting touch
I just need to be left alone to sit quietly in the dark

Don’t offer me a friendly hand
nor a tender embrace of love
Just let me surround myself with shadows
and let my troubles eat me whole
Don’t try to save me when I can’t be saved
and keep your tender words for another day
a day when the tides of my heart have changed
and my soul flows the other way

But until that time remember that I love you
and that you’re still the keeper of my heart
but for the moment love is not my friend
and your tender touch and sweetest smile
are like poison to my aching soul
So let me be
Let me sit alone in the dark
Let me find comfort in forgotten lusts
Let me bandage my heart with solitude
and dry my tears with time

I know that you understand
and I pray that you’ll return
Because I long for when I can emerge from these shadows
and once again cherish the smile glistening
across your sweet, tender face




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Re: In the Dark (User Rating: 1 )
by flamingblade on Wednesday, 9th April 2008 @ 11:04:16 AM AEST
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love the twist about halfway through
great post!
keep writing


Re: In the Dark (User Rating: 1 )
by deadwriter on Wednesday, 9th April 2008 @ 11:22:08 AM AEST
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Excellent piece. Enjoy your work.

Deadwriter


Re: In the Dark (User Rating: 1 )
by Jenni_K on Wednesday, 9th April 2008 @ 11:38:44 AM AEST
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Such a bitter-sweet write...well done... Jenni


Re: In the Dark (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Wednesday, 9th April 2008 @ 10:47:28 PM AEST
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This is so completely relatable, sometimes you just want to feel through your sadness and people who just want you to feel instantly better struggle with that. Wonderful poetry, and done with grace.

~Jess


Re: In the Dark (User Rating: 1 )
by angel_blue on Thursday, 10th April 2008 @ 01:32:50 AM AEST
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this piece speaks volumes. very well put


Re: In the Dark (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Thursday, 10th April 2008 @ 05:28:25 AM AEST
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A part of love that often goes unmentioned and misunderstood in life.
Very well expressed!


Re: In the Dark (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Monday, 14th April 2008 @ 06:43:38 AM AEST
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this is so touching and extremely relatable.

Ravyn


Re: In the Dark (User Rating: 1 )
by Lenny_Gazbowski on Sunday, 20th April 2008 @ 05:15:38 AM AEST
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True to life and well put together.

LG




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