A funeral I missed and regretted

[hesse]

I watched them file in-
all sad-faced, teary eyes,
heads bowed, and clad in black.
Dutiful insects, bearing
a weight too heavy too carry,
too dark to understand.

The old church doors closed
and I was where I wanted to be.
Alone...outside.
Now the tears came,
soothing tears that I know won't heal
the choking fires inside of me.

They emerge into the light,
smaller somehow.
"You should have been there"
say their eyes as we return,
silently, back to our lives,
changed now and forever.

Years trundle by, bitterness grows
like the spreading night, inside me.
I can't see it.
I won't see it.
And yet it knows me,
all the way through to the cold bone.


I'm a bit rusty so go easy on me. Haven't written any poetry since I was at school. (Hence the lack of rhyme or rythym, lol).[/b]

 

[hesse]

Reading it back, it's a bit dark, lol! Maybe I'll try and write a lighter poem to balance it up a bit.

Just noticed I've got my "too's" and "to's" mixed up as well.

 

[hesse]

"Amy" - Lighter poem

Hello little Amy,
two days old.
Still tagged at the ankle,
something precious to hold.

Face so honest,
eyes, bright and blue.
I don't know who you'll become,
and neither do you.



It's a bit lame, I know. Just needed a bit of balance. Maybe there was a reason why I never write poetry? lol

 

[joshueg]

very good poem ,Hesse, but sad
I think you write very well, and describe situations in a way that i can imagine them.
Great poem!

 

[Spearmint]

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[hesse]

I doubt if a silly poem I write about my own life will affect anybody else, but thanks for the guilt trip. It's not even a tragedy, it's a minor regret.

You should expect to read some depressing things here (have you never read any of the personal stories?).

 

[LA-girl]

Hinting to your first poem Hesse...Very well written! And it really suits the lack of rhyme and rythm (as you suggested.) I wish I could write poems like that...

 

[joshueg]

Hesse, i don' t think it' s a silly poem. It expresses your emotions and that is not silly, and it describes a situation that can happen to anyone, so that poem is very good, not bad or silly at all! :wink: