elfpirate Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 [b][color=navy]After several nights of sleepless wanderings, my mind once again engaged in the state of caffeine-induced quasi-consciousness, I got the idea to spew my fleeting thoughts into this little poem.[/color][/b] [b][color=navy]And since I remain unrested, it still seems like an acceptable idea to subject the members of OB to my retarded ranting... and, thus- this thread is born.[/color][/b] [center][b][size=1]I was in my heart deceiving that my hope to end my grieving[/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=1]Lay in numbing all my feelings one by one[/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=1]Though no sorrow's left to haunt me and no fear remains to daunt me[/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=1]O'er all emotions numbness won[/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=1]Now with every breath that I have taken, I've known I was mistaken[/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=1]For no longer can I see nor feel the sun[/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=4][color=navy]~[/color][/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=1]A wraith within the midst of an anesthetised abyss[/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=1]Shall I remain forever drowning in its depths?[/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=1]For I long to reach my spirit's core and teach my soul to feel once more[/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=1]To regain the voice that once lingered on my breath[/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=1]To speak again of joy and pain~to sing once more in sweet refrain[/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=1]Have I doomed myself to dwell within my spirit's death?[/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=4][color=navy]~[/color][/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=1]For I'm rotting in this darkness~in this chill and lonely starkness[/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=1]Waiting for a spark of hope to set me free[/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=1]But no wanderer's ever been to the emptiness within[/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=1]To bring the light of life to one like me[/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=1]So I remain but a ghost within this hollow, fleshy host[/size][/b][/center] [center][b][size=1]And I fear that I'll be numb for all eternity[/size][/b][/center] [center][color=navy](A sleep-deprived psychological incontinence by: Jenea McClary)[/color][/center] [left][color=#000080][b]I hope at least one of you gets something out of it~ even if it [i]is[/i] just a hearty laugh...[/b][/color][/left] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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