Category: Poems

Long Days Journey Out of Night

Long Days Journey out Night

Alone in my room more a cage, a chamber in hell,
Heaven so high so far away
The Darkness creeps in, fills the emptiness with fear, chokes you like smoke
helplessness, Uselessness, NOTHINGNESS

Then the demons come, from the Dark Days Gone Down
They surround you, clawing, Gnawing, TEARING
at your heart, your Mind, your Very SOUL
They have names: depression, Addiction, EXTINCTION

They pull and Pull and PULL
to the cliff, to the Edge, to the END
You fight them
flesh bruises knuckles broken fingernails wrenched away
The Abyss down below, shame and despair worse than death

strength ebbs,
hope fades,
faith fails

Give up, Give in, Give over, you don’t matter,
you never did
you never will
wait, Wait, WAIT

a Bell rings, a door opens and friendship comes barging in,
with a smile brighter than sunshine and a laugh that fills the room
a cup of tea, a hug of sympathy, the promise of mercy
The Demons run from the light, from the Love

Strength Renewed
Hope Rekindled
Faith Reborn

You’re not alone… You never were

Dream A Dream

Dream a Dream

Dream a Dream, of Yesterday
Faded Memories, a Child at play
For a little boy, it’s early May
Picking Daffodils, along the way

In my youth, there was warm sunlight
Love was fresh, passion burned bright
Two hot bodies, steamed the night
For one brief moment, it seemed so right

Summer passed, the World turn cold
What we had, I couldn’t hold
Wedding Vows, cheaply sold
A sad sad story, too often told

Here I sit, racked with pain
Cried for help, no one came
Soiled myself, covered with shame
In the emptiness, go insane.

Dream a Dream, Of Yesterday
Keep the Hope, and Hurt at Bay
One Last Coin, Ferryman to Pay
Come tonight, take me away.

I Beg of Thee,
If you think of me
Forgive,
what I have done
Forget,
what I’ve become

Finis

D.C.Harshman