Standing Alone.

Poetic Licence


Notice of absence from Poetic Licence
Now is the time.

Standing Alone.

 

I was so scared of tomorrow.

Drowning in my own sorrow.

My anxiety of the unknown.

Never wanting to be alone.

I was messed up in the head.

Then consider dying instead.

Shed some tears in my eyes.

Tomorrow will be the day I die.

Yet sadly tomorrow never came.

Here I stand alone again.

 

Nataiella

Get a free collection of Classic Poetry ↓

✔ Receive the ebook in seconds ✔ 50 poems from 50 different authors


Comments +

Comments9

  • sorenbarrett

    Clever Tobani and with good meaning as well. Here the use of rhyme lures the reader to ignore the wisdom. Very well done. Never put off for tomorrow what can be done today unless it is death.

    • Poetic Licence

      Thank you, very much appreciated

    • Tony Grannell

      Hello Tobani,

      The misery of loneliness, that silent pain that can lead one to the most darkest place of all. A powerful poem from beginning to end.

      Do take care now,

      Tony.

      • Poetic Licence

        Thank you for your understanding of the write, very much appreciated

      • Doggerel Dave

        Definitely not 'sadly'.

      • Priya Tomar

        Rhyming sceme is perfect.
        Nicely done

        • Poetic Licence

          Thank you, very much appreciated

        • Damaso

          I sense a musicality in the words that only I can think of. I feel there's a playfulness in that final moral. Thank you so much for sharing. Best regards.

          • Poetic Licence

            Thank you, very much appreciated

          • Tristan Robert Lange

            This poem cuts right through the noise...no pretense, just truth. The final line hits hardest of all for me...not because it ends in despair, but because it didn’t. You’re still standing. Still writing. And that matters so very much! I am personally glad and blessed by that! 🌹👏 Rock on, Nataiella! A fave for sure.

          • Goldfinch60

            Today is here once more Tobani and may there be many more.

            Andy

          • Paul Ramnora

            First, very well written... 😉

            I understand feelings of 'depression'...I go through it every single day...; I'm 'biPolar', I think...though, unofficially diagnosed by myself, alone. My moods can swing from 'up to down' even in a minute/or, a second...; and, really quite 'unpredictably'...?

            Sometimes, I do think what the hell am I doing here for...; what is the point in me going on...?!
            And, in an up mood...I think, I'm utterly invincible...and, can do absolutely anything...

            Depression comes in many different varieties, I guess. For example, I heard there are basically 2 different kinds of BiPolar...

            BiPolar I
            - where the persons downs get so bad...they, actually, will attempt suicide
            - where the persons ups are so bad...that they have to be sectioned away...; and, have drugs administered to them to get them to come back down

            Bi Polar II
            - where the person suffers feeling of depression...; not always suicidal ideation...; but, can't quite put themselves up...; eventually, this downward mood passes, and, they return to either being 'stable'/or, manically 'up'.
            - where the person is 'up'...and, then, do all sorts of things they know they should NOT be doing...as they are in the mood to take 'risks'. Overspending on 'credit cards'/indulging in 'dangerous' random sex/over eating/over drinking/gambling/over-excercising/-etc. When the high wears off...; which it usually does after a while...ranging from minutes...up to...max 3 days; then, they will usually end up feeling really 'sad and sorry' for themselves...; their bank a/c. is broke/or, they've run up gambling debts/they might have caught some sexual disease(and, will need to get checked)/if drink...they find they have a 'hangover'; if over-exercising...they might have only stopped when they've gone and hurt themselves and do feel 'pain'. -Etc.

            Luckly, I seem to have the latter type...which doesn't demand drugs/or, 'forced' isolation. But, man, at 62 years old...I can tell you this thing has NOT been easy to 'live' with...?! Some of the dreadful stories I could tell...UGH!

            • Poetic Licence

              Thank you for your feedback and the information, hope you have a wonderful weekend

            • Gershon Wolf

              Wow. I can identify with this one, Nataiella.

              • Poetic Licence

                Thank you for understanding the write, very much appreciated



              To be able to comment and rate this poem, you must be registered. Register here or if you are already registered, login here.