Letting Go

Corey Lynn
Corey Lynn Posts: 681
edited May 2010 in Poetry, Prose, Music & Art
Letting go
(something I wrote when I decided I should not have children because of my chronic illness)

A deserted street in the carnival
enters all my dreams.
Little footsteps wandering
through misty lakes and frozen trees.
A nightmare always takes its hold
behind your empty eyes.
I try to keep my balance
as tears like raindrops fill my skies.

I sit on the edge with the black pouring down,
like a cradle full of wishes,
a king without a crown.
I feel for something holy
in the all to restless wind.
I never seem to grasp it
along with all this sin.

I see a thousand eyes
beneath their bony wings.
Screaming out for reverence
and settling for shiny things.

A swarm creeps up and takes a seat
on the alter
in this cage;
and dances circles at my feet
and fills this night with bitter rage.

I can never come to you,
and you will never know,
that when I see tomorrow now,
it only feels like letting go.


If I knew where it was I would take you there. There's much more than this
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  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    very good, very sad.
    Peace, Love.

    "To question your government is not unpatriotic --
    to not question your government is unpatriotic."
    -- Sen. Chuck Hagel
  • DangDang
    DangDang Posts: 1,551
    Wow that was really good.

    I think the fact that you put the "reason" for the poem added so much to it.
  • Corey Lynn
    Corey Lynn Posts: 681
    DangDang wrote:
    Wow that was really good.

    I think the fact that you put the "reason" for the poem added so much to it.

    Thank you! When I read it over after I wrote it...it scared me a little...I guess I didn't know how I really felt until I wrote it down.
    I appreciate the feedback.


    If I knew where it was I would take you there. There's much more than this
  • mysticweed
    mysticweed Posts: 3,710
    To quote the wolf
    "It's good to get that stuff out"
    therapeutic for you (I hope)
    and we get this beautifully written insight into your life.
    Thank you.
    fuck 'em if they can't take a joke

    "what a long, strange trip it's been"
  • Corey Lynn
    Corey Lynn Posts: 681
    lettinggo wrote:
    To quote the wolf
    "It's good to get that stuff out"
    therapeutic for you (I hope)
    and we get this beautifully written insight into your life.
    Thank you.

    Thank you. I appreciate your kind words. It is very therapeutic for me to write. I write so that I am able to really feel...and then I can accept things.


    If I knew where it was I would take you there. There's much more than this

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