The darkness hides my tears, <br />It swallows me whole, and spits me out into an unknown world, <br />I hide behind it because I know what it does, <br />It makes me invisible, <br />My heart a cold stone, <br />I wait for the fire to warm me, <br />And i wait for it to hold me in it's arms, <br />I become alone once more when I know it won't come <br />I shed the tears that everyone was afraid to, <br />I feel the pain that everyone has forgotten, <br />I try to push it all away, <br />Only to have it come back full force, <br />I cringe in the shadow of darkness, <br />Yet i don't leave, <br />There is no place for me to call home, <br />No one for me to wrap my arms around, <br />I am alone in my deserted sea, <br />The only thing that keeps me here is the darkness, <br />Never letting go of it's choke hold on me.<br /><br />Jessica LaDuron<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/the-darkness-surrounding-me/
