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Written at midnight, on a work night..while exhausted..and upset..and ready to give up..so it might have some errors, but it wont be rewritten.

 

Another day gone by.

 

In our darkness moments of saddness

when the world feels hollow and empty

and our minds are numb from exhaustion

we give up hope on tomorrow.

The wind howls through the spaces

cut deep in our soul from the lies

and the world continues to live

unaware of what has passed.

My heart breaks from sadness

my mind reels with anger

my hands tremble with frustration

my soul slips away.

Unaware of consequences

the thoughts of biased freedom

I give up on this lifetime

 

I will fight no more.

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This is really really good at conveying the feelings. What I call a 'gut' poem.

 

The last line, for me, gives emotional echos of Chief Joseph of the Nez Perce when the U.S. Calvary caught he and his tribe 16 miles from the Canadian border and he made a speech which ended, "I will fight no more."

 

That's gotta be one of the most poignant cries in the English language.

 

Big huggles

Posted

I know I've already told you this is an incredible poem, but it reallly is! Lovely use of metaphor, lovely last line indeed...lovely poem. really good stuff :)

Posted

Ye gods this is good Rune. *huggles* Peredhil is right, it's very good at conveying the emotions and feelings behind it, even if the person reading hasn't experienced them themselves.

 

and the world continues to live

unaware of what has passed.

So true...

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Very nice work. For me, this poem reflects on the the tail-end of winter in the middle of the night. That in combination with the author's feelings, well executed. And although you might not have intended it, your non-poem introduction fits rather nicely with it. Same mood. It's a rare thing I like to call "Genuine."

 

Congratulations,

-Icarus

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