Dark Hallway

by Sean Allen   Sep 24, 2004


You dive into my skin:
burying through layers
of grime and sin,
only to find the horrors
that lay within;
the pining of a man
that has been stretched too thin.

You stare into my soul:
years without purpose,
without discernible goal,
has left it shattered;
never again to be whole,
good feelings tainted,
as pitch black as coal.

You peck away at my mind:
shredding off the useless layers,
the unimaginative rind,
only to be befuddled,
only to finally find
that due to my failure
I've been shut out, confined,
kept from the world of color,
stuck in the world of the blind.

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  • 19 years ago

    by Lance Hardy

    Another poem well done sir. This is my favorite so far out of the ones I've read and won't be surprised if it is my favorite by the end.

  • 19 years ago

    by *Elizabeth*

    wow..This is a powerful poem!! could be interpreted in many different ways, I like that..very cool.
    Great job

  • 19 years ago

    by Kevin

    Bold effort Sean, is this about meeting a beautiful girl and feeling kinda weird about not being perfect spiritually?...i recall feeling the same way not so long ago.....it's good work...i actually don't get pissed off when i read your poems....they have....a certain beat i can jig to..nice one...and lemme know on the meaning eh.

  • 19 years ago

    by Kevin J

    Awesome write. I like the whole "Dark.." theme of your last few writes:p...each one of them were profoundly different btw;). Your very versitile, deep and always a pleasure to read. This poem is more style of writing as far as rhyming and structure. You did an amazing job here. I'm impressed...keep em coming;)

    Kev

  • 19 years ago

    by Aken Sol

    I've got my interpretations and from it, it think it's good. Crazy rhyme scheme though O.o
    Aken Sol
    BTW, i think im sensing a whole theme here.... hmmmm...lol

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