Today's Problems & Tomorrow's Hopelessness

by Tammie   Apr 5, 2007


Emotions run high, building inside my head
Thoughts of fading memories running wild
Taunting, pushing my mind to breakdown
Defenses trembling underneath the pressure

Struggling, my heart begins to race steadily
Forcing my reactions to control themselves
Not allowing my eyes to shed useless tears
I begin to chock on the lump in my throat

My sea green eyes slowly start to well up
Tiny salty drops glide down my rosy cheeks
Each representing a painful memory
Or a tiny piece of my shattered heart

Realizing life is precious and short hits home
Making me aware of the people that mean the most
Informing them is the lesson of the night
Making sure they know I really do love them

Widespread reactions from thank you's to no worries
Some really unexpected, others relieving
Soothing worries of loved ones slipping away
Tears finally stop falling as I calm down

My chest sore, eyes red and puffy from crying
I gently lay down prepared for a restless sleep
Tossing and turning with running thoughts in my mind
Today's problems passed onto tomorrow's hopelessness.

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  • 17 years ago

    by dollwithafrown

    With how much I can relate to this, I was scared. I understood exactly what you were saying throughout this entire piece. I hate it when so many thoughts are rushing through our minds while sleep strays from us. We hope when we wake up the next morning everything will be fine, but unfortunately sleeping never rids us of our worries. :(

    Excellent piece. :]

  • 17 years ago

    by Melpomene

    Another nicely written piece of poetry from you.

    My sea green eyes slowly start to well up
    Tiny salty drops glide down my rosy cheeks
    Each representing a painful memory
    Or a tiny piece of my shattered heart

    I loved that stanza because of the discription it was so vivid the imagery flawless. Your whole poem was fantastic. Well done with this a great job.

  • 17 years ago

    by BECCA lessTHANthree

    Another wonderfully written poem.. the flow was absolutely FLAWLESS in this poem... it was very clear and filled with beautiful descriptions.. definitly my favorite out of them all.. wonderful job :D

  • 17 years ago

    by xxSnow Angelxx

    My sea green eyes slowly start to well up
    Tiny salty drops glide down my rosy cheeks
    Each representing a painful memory
    Or a tiny piece of my shattered heart

    i loved this1..^^excellent lineshe vocab was superb n rhyme scheme perfect!!..n lol...it flowed perfectly..like water..=)
    excellent work!
    xxPoojaxx

  • 17 years ago

    by Gem

    Comment #3

    Excellent. One of your best!

    "My chest sore, eyes red and puffy from crying
    I gently lay down prepared for a restless sleep"

    I think everyone has done that at least once, yes, even the lads.
    You've outdone yourself with this piece, the vocab was excellent and the rhythm was spot on.
    Seldom do i find a nice groove with free verse poem but this was amazing.
    Well done Tammie
    5/5
    *Gem*

    (Thankyou for commenting my fiance's poems. I know he'll be pleased =)

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