Alone



Alone

Under a stormy sky I am alone
The darkened life of horrors
Torments and tragedies
Pours its misery upon me
The relentless downward spiral
Guilt, futility, humiliation
Feels ominous
A black hole
Where light and joy
Disappears.

The life I leave behind is gone
I am an orphan now
Standing in between
Yesterday’s pain
And today’s lingering bruises
How does this seem right?
Breathing still happens
Heart keeps beating
And though I’m surrounded
I do feel so all alone.

The gravity of pain is silence
So heavy it’s weight
Falls on the voice in agony
So severe everyone
Ignores the cries
Because tears
Flow to the lowest point
So I drown in
The pity you caused
Where once were two
Now lies me all alone.

Copyright © 2023 Charles Edward York
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Written on April 24, 2023

Submitted by charlesedwardyork on April 25, 2023

Modified on April 30, 2023

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Scheme AXXBXCXXXX XXXXXXXXXA XXBCXXXXXXA XX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 977
Words 180
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 10, 10, 11, 2

Charles Edward York

Charles Edward York is an author and poet activist living in Plano, Texas. He’s written over 1200 poems and published 16 books of poetry. Born in Vietnam and raised a citizen in Dallas, Texas, he writes poems that include the subjects of love and relationships, nature, social justice, including police violence against African-Americans and minorities, astronomy and others. more…

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