Will it always be confined to the sweet stuff of dreams?
This ache in my bones to believe in make believe?
Maybe one day, I’ll wake up full of love
Maybe one day, I’ll believe that I’m good
The hamster wheel churns
Through my arthritic bones
Nobody learns
And No one finds home
Were you sold the same fairytale as me?
Did you believe once upon a time, happily ever after you’d be?
Maybe one day, I’ll be free from rancid disease
Maybe one day, my stone heart will unfreeze
The mill machine grinds
Turning dreams into ash
Nobody minds
And Nothing can last
What if I ceased doing the things I always did?
Would life whisper of something different to give?
Maybe today, I will promise to try
Until maybe tomorrow, I'll watch my dreams die
The incinerator burns
As it does what it must
Ashes into ashes
Dust, always dust
- Author: sylviasearcher ( Offline)
- Published: February 10th, 2020 03:16
- Category: Unclassified
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Comments4
Wow this was a nice read. I do like the darker writes. I think if I was in a fairytale, I would no doubt be the wicked witch or the snow queen. I am far too cold and unforgiving to be a princess who seeks only love. My heart, as your poem describes so well, is probably made of stone.
Thank you for this read today
I like the darker writes too... thank you for reading
This is really powerful and so well composed. I'm envious of the skill and ability which went into this.
And I am humbled by such a comment.
Thank you
First class rhyming in this deeply dark write Sylvia - -- the flow is sublime as is the honest feel of aloneness - -
must read this poem again so saved to my faves. Thanks for sharing your talented skill.
Thank you Fay, I never feel worthy of your compliments... I don’t feel skilful or talented at all.
Just lost.
Superbly written words sylvia, the darkness is there but I am sure that if you keep your 'promise to try' you will rise from the ashes into the light of a wonderful life.
Andy
Or maybe in the end and in the ashes there is the secret to my happily ever after?
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