Engulfed insanity

by Kaila   Dec 16, 2007


Screaming, kicking, piercing loud,
I scramble to get out of this darkness,
I'm falling in and out of my thoughts,
So petrified of this color, this blackness.

Punching repetitiously at nothing at all,
I scream but nothing comes out, it engulfs me,
I'm falling from myself, Compressed against the cold,
I'm losing it all, my mind goes blank I cannot see.

I'm trying to hold on, there is nothing there, just me,
No one in this cold, hollow, darkness, loneliness,
All by myself no one to blame but I, I am lost,
I'm trying to hold on, I cannot fall this far, I'm here, barely.

Just when I think it's all over, falling, falling,
I see a radiant light above me; I know it's her,
She's here, to rescue me from this tumble downward,
The darkness is forever gone, all is just a blur.

Peaceful smiles, open eyes, watching the sunrise,
No more bad dreams, darkness; lonesome screams,
Happily ever after, being free, knowing I am me,
Watching her invisible angel wings, saving me from my dreams.

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  • 16 years ago

    by xTheEcstasyOfSuicidex

    "Screaming, kicking, piercing loud,"
    ^^^
    [I like the mystery in these lines, because you don't say what it is yet, but I don't like the wording. In your other poem you used "screaming" as the beginning as well.. Don't get caught on certain words. Use different ones.]

    "I scramble to get out of this darkness,
    I'm falling in and out of my thoughts,
    So petrified of this color, this blackness."
    ^^^
    [Very nice. I like the rhyming here; it's very catchy and flows well.]

    "Punching repetitiously at nothing at all,"
    ^^^
    ["Punching"... I really just don't like it.]

    "I'm falling from myself, Compressed against the cold,"
    ^^^
    [I like the expression in this one, though. "Compressed" doesn't need to be capaltized.]
    ^^^
    [The overall second stanza is weak. It doesn't portray enough emotion .. I mean to say, I don't FEEL them personally when I should be able to.]
    "I'm trying to hold on, there is nothing there, just me,"
    ^^^
    [Horrible grammatical errors;
    "I'm trying to hold on, there is nothing there [--] just me,"
    And I just hate the ending to the line."

    "No one in this cold, hollow, darkness, loneliness,"
    ^^^
    [This doesn't sound good at all. Maybe something like "No one in this cold, hollow, darkened loneliness... But too many adjectives at once with no noun after it sounds horrible.]

    "All by myself no one to blame but I, I am lost,"
    ^^^
    ["...But I[;] I am lost.]
    Not too bad an ending here, though.]

    [The third stanza was a bit stronger than the second, but again, it just lacked an overall emotion. I know what you're saying and feeling, but I'm not feeling it NOW. Do you get what I mean?]

    "Just when I think it's all over, falling, falling,"
    ^^^
    [Grammar!
    "...over[;]falling, falling.]

    "She's here, to rescue me from this tumble downward,"
    ^^^
    [I really like this, for some reason. The "tumble downward" is a nice expression.]

    "The darkness is forever gone, all is just a blur."
    ^^^
    [And I like the ending. This is the second strongest stanza in the entire piece. Nice.]

    "Peaceful smiles, open eyes, watching the sunrise,
    No more bad dreams, darkness; lonesome screams,
    Happily ever after, being free, knowing I am me,
    Watching her invisible angel wings, saving me from my dreams."
    ^^^
    [ Dreams and screams is a cliche rhyme. Not a good way to end the poem.
    Overall, you didn't have good grammar (but I'm not counting off for that) and you didn't show much emotion. I've felt like how you described, but by reading your poem I <<didn't>> feel it. I should have... That's what poetry is. To feel something you may never have felt before.
    The flow wasn't too bad, though, and the rhyming was consist.
    You didn't do too badly, but it definately could have used more emotion.]

    xTheEcstasyofSuicidex 4.5

  • 16 years ago

    by BlueEyedMystery

    Wow that was pretty deep. I love dark poems and this one was just amazing. I really have nothing bad to say about it. When I was reading it, it brought this wave of peacefulness over me. Ironic isn't it? Haha, anyways great works!

    Cayce xx

  • 16 years ago

    by BECCA lessTHANthree

    Another good poem.. yet again an enjoyable read with a great flow the only part i dont understand is the last line when you say, "saving me from my dreams." because usually dreams are happy so you wouldn't want to be saved from your dreams you would want to be saved from you nightmares

  • 16 years ago

    by FridusBlueheaven

    I love your rhyme scheme, it's awesome!!!
    Very enjoyable read...
    You deserve 5/5 for sure!!!

  • 16 years ago

    by TracyM

    Interesting to read, I liked the word choice, I especially liked the paragraph;

    Peaceful smiles, open eyes, watching the sunrise,
    No more bad dreams, darkness; lonesome screams,
    Happily ever after, being free, knowing I am me,
    Watching her invisible angel wings, saving me from my dreams

    was hooked, good write!!