A Slave to Sorrow

by Driver   May 19, 2005


A slave to sorrow I build these walls of defense high.
Wearily looking around the darkness in me I begin to sigh.
My strength has left me in this cold hour when I need you.
Trying to dig out of this hole, I don’t know what I can do.

Tears of misery leave a stain on these letters left unread.
Memories are all that I have left that replay in my head.
Leaving a trail of blood you look in all the wrong places.
Searching for her is hard as I begin to look at all the faces.

A lonesome soul left to wonder the world without a clue.
Answers are left hanging in the night wondering what to do.
No one’s by my side to guide me through these dark times ahead.
Each night I lie awake and realize I’m hanging on by a thread.

She is everything I want yet my heart cannot become attached.
So many wounds left exposed my heart has too many times been patched.
I pray for the pain to cease and live a normal life as best I am able.
But as I sit in a room of darkness, it all seems to feel like a fable.

How many more nights of darkness enshrouded can I survive?
With nowhere to run and no place left to hide I strive.
Strive to keep living on through this perilous journey I have created.
But until I find myself, forever more will my heart be stone plated.

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  • 17 years ago

    by goddess-glamourpuss

    I liked the imagery in this but I felt it was a little long for me. The rhyming was great but the flow got a bit stuck towards the end and the rhyming seemed a little forced.
    All in all a good effort.

  • 17 years ago

    by LadyPearl

    Wonderful job, My favorite was the second stanza

  • 17 years ago

    by xTheEcstasyOfSuicidex

    This is a very good peom.. Strong and wonderful... There's nothing more to say.

    xDarkSuicidex 5.5

  • 17 years ago

    by Darien

    Hmm, another very interesting piece. You really have me thinking with both of these poems you have written. There were a lot of things that jumped out at me when I read your poem, and some of the lines hit me close to home. I have moved on from some of them, but others are still haunting me. Great write.

  • 17 years ago

    by xXxDarkDreamerxXx

    Dude!.... Woh! I'm left speechless! It was a great write full of emotions. Your a very talented writer! ^_^

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