To Loneliness, a poem; (from Soft foot treads of my Soul)
Posted: Thursday, January 07, 2010
by Carol Fernandez
Where ever I look you are always there
Trailing after me with your long dark hair
I speak to you from the midst of despair
I hear no reply there is nobody there
You haunt me by night
You stalk me by day
I beg you to leave but you always stay
You unpacked your bag upon my floor
You wear carpet slippers and have your own draw
The day you leave will be my sunniest day
Take your angst far, far away.
TO DESPERATION AND HOPE
(Written for Margaritta)
Quietly your grey clouds block out my sky
You gain strength within me until I silently cry
You appear to me as a long grey street
that stretches for ever under my feet
To escape your tentacles I try and hide
But you remain so close to my side
then into the future I see a flicker of light
A tiny candle not very bright
Dear Hope a glimpse of you reaches my sight
Lifting the dark in the death of my night
TO HAPPINESS
Happiness I've been in such a state
Where have you been
You are terribly late!
Where were you hiding my absent friend?
I looked for you at life's every bend
I have learned that to know you I must look within
But, dear friend how long you have been
(From ' soft foot treads of my Soul').
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)Thanks for writing. sometimes it seems like the rhyme scheme is forced. try fee verse too. There isn't too much poetry here. Thanks!
I like your word pictures but what comes across the strongest is your depth of feeling - it draws the writer in. When I was younger and used to be sad, down, depressed...I'd write a poem and pour my heart, soul and SELF into it - after doing that it freed me up - cathartic - I hope you found release in writing these. Thanks for sharing with your readers glimpses of your emotions. Marijo
I back again in Reader's Club and still enjoying your poems! Thanks (from another nurse)
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