I am I

I put you out in a cloud of smoke and my dreams disappeared.
Hope faded with time and i kept drinking.
Hoping for a sign it was meant to be.
Left with nothing but dreams and an empty chair i'll be.

Even a sigh echoes out in the silence.

A sound so familiar, loneliness.
A drawn breath to pass the time, an imagination running wild.

Time to kill, time passes by.

I don't want to drink, i don't want to sleep, just be.
Because in this moment I am I, and nobody can take that away from me.

I have read both....

your poems, and your comment on your bio... I like this poem, reminds me of a place my heart and soul visited every night, and how I had to drink just to numb the pain. Its part of my recent past, not as bad anymore but tonight is a little tough to deal with for I am reflecting on this pain, heartache and loneliness of it all. "Even a sigh echos out in silence" was the line that got to me. You asked about feed back, this poem seem to have strong emotion to it till I got to those last three lines, then it seem to lose it's flow. Look I am just telling you what I see, I am by far no poet, but I remember how much I wanted advice (and sometimes I got) on how to be a better writer. I am better, well, somewhat, but there are people on here that are really, really good. In my mind, songwriting is a form of poetry, the lyrics of so many songs seem to have helped get through the tough times, song writing is a gift. I did like this read and look forward to your future writes-Lee

Comment viewing options

Select your preferred way to display the comments and click "Save settings" to activate your changes.