There are times when I’m inconsolable
when the world around me becomes too much
and my demons come out to feast on me again
There are times when I’m hopeless
when I’m too lost to return home
and I don’t need your comforting touch
I just need to be left alone to sit quietly in the dark
Don’t offer me a friendly hand
nor a tender embrace of love
Just let me surround myself with shadows
and let my troubles eat me whole
Don’t try to save me when I can’t be saved
and keep your tender words for another day
a day when the tides of my heart have changed
and my soul flows the other way
But until that time remember that I love you
and that you’re still the keeper of my heart
but for the moment love is not my friend
and your tender touch and sweetest smile
are like poison to my aching soul
So let me be
Let me sit alone in the dark
Let me find comfort in forgotten lusts
Let me bandage my heart with solitude
and dry my tears with time
I know that you understand
and I pray that you’ll return
Because I long for when I can emerge from these shadows
and once again cherish the smile glistening
across your sweet, tender face
This poem is great it reminds me of an ex of mine. Funnily enough he sent it to me and said he wanted me to know that he sometimes has to be alone. This opened my eyes thanks. Keep writing you have awesome talent.
this peom is brilliant. who wrote it?
this peom is brilliant.
I really can relate to that because I feel the same way it makes me happy to see that i'm not the only one suffering from people trying to make me come out of the dark and into the light but they don't know how i feel as many times as told them to let me come out of the dark when i'm ready.But they don't lisen,so thanks!
Wow, this is really a powerful poem. So many times in my life I have felt this way and you totally describe it. All the times of thinking of suicide and all the demons I felt surround me are vividly described in your poem. The part with the "leave me alone" theme is exactly the way I feel at times. Great job!
wow…..raven your words are so beautiful. i find it amazing how it is when you write it seems as is you reach deep inside of yourself and say what you are truly feeling!
WOW!! awesome poem you really have the talent that so many don't. I rellate this poem to my life , keep writing you have an awesome talent for writing.
ok now that tuched me a lot
RAVEN – you are the greatest – how do you read my soul – so much of your poetry is so my life – keep writing…kiara
its kinda weird knowing other pple feel the same way I do this poem touched my heart..its basically the explanation of what my ex girlfriend haz done to me…FUCK U SARAH you backstabbing whore..I HATE YOU KEEP AWAY FROM ME!!
….This is very good….at least i know i'm not alone about thinking and such….kinda like my own thoughts….keep writing….
I don't recall posting a comment for this…I should have, but I'd just like to say this is wonderful!
this poem is one of the best I have ever seen!!
your poetry sounds like silk poured over my skin
heartbreakingly beautiful raven, yet another masterpeice!!bravo bravo
my my my this is an amazing poem
acceptable…deep words…but from reading all your poems they seemed to be blending into one idea…well that's just something that i don't like…but it's great anyways…
love will be faded memory,
find peace in this
this is magnificent. if only i could have shown this to my girl friend a few weeks ago she might have understood why i wasnt in a talkative mood.
Out of all the poems…this one is my favourite…it is really meaningfull and I couldn't stop reading it without blinking! 😛
Very well-written
x Chloe x
wow raven,
this really touched my heart!
awsome that poem is so me to awsome raven you got good talent like us poets most people think we are weird because of what we write about but it comes straight from the heart keep it flowing
absolutely beautiful i loved it.
Thats really deep and I can totally relate to it..I love it and I think it's the perfect way to express myself!GREAT WORK!!!
really powerfull and deep poem… i can totally relate to this…. you are such an awesome writer.. this is probably my favorite piece so far
I feel this poem grasps a piece of me and many others i mean even if your not gothic this poem can contain you what is life without expressing how you feel?
I THINK THAT THIS POEM CAN REALY RELAY TO PEOPLE AND THEIR FEELINGS. I LIKE THIS POEM ALOT!!!!
raven- how do you do it? its lyke you know my soul. ur poems r so very deep. they r depressing but r always true. u poems speak of the depth of peoples souls. u r my hero. NEVER STOP WRITTING!!!!!!! best wishes to the life ahead of u.
i can totaly realate to this poem, for i to get to a braking piont when nothing can cunsoul me, and my only peace found is in the dark. no words can help, no love is wanted and the only solution is to alow my emotiong eat me whole and spit out the only peace of happyness left, so i shal be ok after that.
i realy like this poem, i think that it does nothing but speak the truth.
woaw this is really how i feel at the moment, you express my feelings by the poetry you write.
this poem really discribs the way that my life is all the time.i came on here to c if i could find out if other people feel the way that i feel,thank god im not the only one.
Wow this poem really touches my heart and i really feel this in my life now. i love it alot . it makes me proud to find someone like me too.
Very good
Huh, I can so relate to the feeling that made this poem…thnx…couldn't write it better myself!
wow really good
i know now im not the only only one who likes to show there dark deep in your head poams to everyone…its nice to know that id like to add that i wish ryan would touch me i dont stalk him thats a joke but i want him you didnt need to know that
told you Raven it is amazing to read your stuff and its my favorite have it on my wall door and locker 🙂 hope to talk to you soon
~*Stephanie*~
You hit it perfectly. This poem discribes me so well. I know that there are many of us that feel what this poem says every day.
you pomes imbrace my thoughts and open my mind to a world of wording, your wicked in my pages.
this poem reaches deep inside of me clenching to my deepest thoughts of insanity and piles stress on top of me as inhale and exhale every dark moment of my restless life
beautiful…it opens up a deeper part of me that feels as if i never had
this poem is awesome
that was beautiful and ironically at the same time i was reading this poem i was trying to explain to someone the exact same thing. i love your poem and i know that that word has lost its value(love) i dont use it in vein
wow Raven, your work is extrodinary. this poem describes exactly how i feel right now. love your work Raven.
Wonderful, i say.
I value solitude heavily, but have never had one love me, except my parents, but they never know when to leave me alone.
I really like your poetry, raven.
That was so good. I feel the same about this guy, and that poem seemed to reach deep into my head and its poems. Thanks for the peom, really helps.
This Is One Of My Favorites That You Wrote! Its So Powerful And I Feel Like We All Can Relate To That. You Are Truly A Genius At Writing Poetry. I Look Forward To Reading Your Book! 🙂
I hate it they way everyone always talks to me when I need to be alone in the dark, when I need to be alone with my pain. They tell me to talk to them, it'll make me feel better, liars. I really like this poem.
this is deep thoughts