Veiled griefs
I wake up to an unfamiliar place
A long road engulfed in darkness
Rain pouring down
ricocheting, as I stand still,
I think I heard something
footsteps behind me
oh, now they're everywhere
is this an illusion?
I'm all alone, or am I?
for I can hear things around me,
people crying
and silence full of sorrow and pain,
I panic, I run
something absurd I sense
there's no end
my destiny unknown,
the debris from shattered buildings
lie around
locked doors, empty grounds
I'm scared
I want to go home
but wait,
I think there's something I'm being told,
Tragedies untold for decades
of people, I don't even know,
Debris from shattered
hope,
Sorrows of the world
linger in this town of eternal pain,
stories wanting to be heard
bleeding in a cage.
It's all quiet now
the rain has stopped
my heart, heavy
my mind, lost
there's no reflection of me
for I don't exist here,
It's the home for tragedies
the breeze holds fear,
It never stopped,
those were tears, the rain
I'm just waking up
leaving this town of eternal pain
About this poem
The poem explores themes of tragedy, shattered hope, and the untold stories of people unknown to the narrator. The town described seems to be a symbolic representation of suffering and eternal pain. As the narrator tries to make sense of the surroundings, they feel a desire to go home but are confronted with the realization that they may not truly exist in this place. The poem concludes with the narrator leaving the town as the rain, which turns out to be tears, ceases, leaving a heavy heart and a lost mind. Overall, the poem conveys a haunting and surreal journey through a landscape of despair and the weight of tragic stories. more »
Written on November 17, 2023
Submitted by syedaadeeba1563 on November 17, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,013 |
Words | 202 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 19, 24 |
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