Will I find peace again <br />Amidst the darkness that I surround myself in <br />Collecting, harboring, breathing sorrow <br />Whose hands will catch me if I fall? <br /> <br />Broken and fading <br />Helpless to my thoughts that confide in me <br />No-one should ever feel the way I feel now <br />Shrouded and blanketed in their own silence <br /> <br />Why am i so numb? <br />Thrown adrift deep within my own sleepless dreams <br />Will my emptiness stay within me from here on in? <br />Can the strength be returned to my frail trust? <br /> <br />I am void of purpose <br />So completely enveloped by my own tragedy <br />A sad tale of boy meets beautiful girl <br />A dwindling end that just consumes him <br /> <br />Trapped and tortured <br />Can I be any better than this for myself? <br />The air around me is starving for an argument <br />Pulling and testing my passive nature <br /> <br />Elective silence <br />The reason behind my retreat to within me <br />I wrote down the words I love you <br />I felt nothing <br /> <br />My hope is feeling worn <br />There are parts of me that I already miss <br />Seems as thought I am so much colder than yesterday <br />My heart frozen, wilting a little more each day <br /> <br />It’s yet to be determined <br />Whether these days will pass by unseen <br />Who will come home to let me in? <br />Faceless pain and the reality that stings <br /> <br />An endless ode to no-one <br />Countless words written for sightless eyes, <br />A souls’ scream splashed upon paper <br />Another moment I indulge to depression rather than…<br /><br />Jeff Gibbs<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/an-endless-ode/
