poem Archives - Storyteller http://sheilaenglish.com/tag/poem/ Wed, 21 Jul 2021 21:22:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://sheilaenglish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cropped-favicon-32x32.png poem Archives - Storyteller http://sheilaenglish.com/tag/poem/ 32 32 My Darker Self – a poem http://sheilaenglish.com/my-darker-self-a-poem/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=my-darker-self-a-poem http://sheilaenglish.com/my-darker-self-a-poem/#_comments Wed, 21 Jul 2021 21:22:54 +0000 https://sheilaenglish.com/?p=1301 I am my Darker Self Exposed and Hidden What you see And the invisible A shield of apathy A blade of words Bleeding heartache And rage Caged chaos Tattooing myself with life’s ink “Help me”   by: Sheila English

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I am my Darker Self

Exposed and

Hidden

What you see

And the invisible

A shield of apathy

A blade of words

Bleeding heartache

And rage

Caged chaos

Tattooing myself with life’s ink

“Help me”

 

by: Sheila English

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The sound of fallen glass

In an empty room

Bang! Crack! Echo…

Footsteps on carpeted stairs

Thump… thump… thump…

The handle of the bedroom door moves

Rattle… rattle… rattle…

An unseen hand opens the door

Click… squeak… silence…

Silhouette and shadow move through the room

Swish… bump… woosh…

The covers are pulled from the foot of the bed

Slow… steady… pulling…

There is no one standing there

Breath… hiss… silence…

An invisible hand compresses the throat

Gasp! Struggle! Wheeze…

It comes into focus as the final breath is drawn

No! No! No!

Your greatest sin has come to kill you

What do you see?

 

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