21:42 Mar 09 2007
Times Read: 644
Crimson river flowing, flowing
Flows into a crimson lake.
Eagle watches knowing, knowing
How much more of this can I take.
I watch the river make its way-
Sunset ends this condemning day.
Crimson river, a crimson lake
How much more of this can I take?
I wrote this as a teen. It seems my poetry skills haven't really flowered much since then. I have written only one other poem I have thought was "good" since then, but I can't seem to remember all of it anymore.
This may not have necessarily been good poetry, but I still feel it is art. I wrote this during a depressing time in my life and I harbored thoughts of sucide. I even showed this poem to my mother once, but she thought it was about pollution. I knew then that she would just not get it and just nodded my head.
I broke down in tears once when I didn't have the willpower to cut myself. I have to say that I'm glad it ended at that point.
I ended up getting a job and getting away from my mother's boyfriend (who was the source of my agony) and found out I was okay when I wasn't around him.
I'm glad I never had the willpower to "go through with it." I am now in a loving relationship and though not great, I wouldn't have been able to experience any of it if I had done it.
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