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Darkness

by PaulAnthony 

Posted: 01 September 2004
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Darkness
Where is the light?
Give me fresh air
Give me light, show me the way,
a way.
Out of this darkness.
Push me, drag me out of here.
This lonely place, this self destructive hole
into which I have submerged.
The cold isolation traps me with its
insidious warmth.
Of blindness of ignorance of duplicity.
Hidden away from my own fears and torment.
In the darkness of the apparent light of seeing.







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roovacrag at 12:56 on 01 September 2004  Report this post
Paul a well written piece.
How can we show the light to the blind?
Or drag anyone from thier innerself of destruction,that they have no way of doing it themselves.
A lonely place for anyone young.
No medicine can heal,just control.

All we can do is try to understand how they feel.
Then cope as best we can.

Well done.

xx Alice
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Fearless at 13:26 on 01 September 2004  Report this post
Paul

A timely piece with impact, worthy of re-reading, crossing as it does the porous border between defiance and desperation.

Write on bro',

Fearless
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olebut at 16:57 on 01 September 2004  Report this post
Paul we are all so blind that we can not see vivid and emotive yet succinct like dit very much

take care

david
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gigergal at 15:43 on 05 September 2005  Report this post
I especially relate to this poem. The despair you've injected into it is well known to me and to many others. I'ts also very perceptive in that it describes the awful feeling of hopelessness that is so hard to shake off. I love the lines:

This lonely place, this self destructive hole
into which I have submerged.
The cold isolation traps me with its
insidious warmth.


These describe the 'catch 22' situation of many of us who suffer with these feelings.

Well done.

gigergal
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