Page 2 of the Poems archive.
The Night
Sometimes she screams when no one is there
No one to hear her when she is scared
The world is too close when the night closes in
The moon hangs down low
Flickering in the wind
Crickets creep through the grass in the yard
The sound dances up to greet the stars
Alone in her room, alone with her thoughts
Sparring with demons
She’s [...]
So Sad
The tears keep coming
Unbidden, unwanted
And the big stick keeps pounding
Slamming into my head
At some point it will stop
It must when I’m dead
When there is nothing left of me at all
Is there anything there now
Anyone peeking through the sockets of my eyes
Where once I imagined a spark
Extinguished now by my tears
Because all I am now is
So [...]
