In my mind
Standing outside
Nowhere to hide
A child
Meek and mild
Watching my siblings play
Around them I couldn't stay
So many emotions
No notion
What they even meant
Into a well
I fell
The world went on without me
Nothing there for me to see
Darkness was my day
Alone, I liked to stay
And in this well
That I fell
I heard the voices talking
Sounds of people walking
on by
No one heard me cry
Had no clue why
I felt so alone
Lots of love was showed me
I just could not see
Words were blah blah blah
All I saw
Was the same, the night and day
Lonely was my way
Was I there to stay
Life was bad
I felt sad
No one else was like me
I could see
From life I started hiding
In my mind abiding
A dark horse I was riding
Locked in my mind
I find
All these words running wild and free
Only I could see
Music from heaven above
Filling me with love
My word
Was never heard
But the words in my head
When I wrote them down instead
I cry out from down below
The words need to slow
At times banging in my head
I started organizing them instead
Took away the fear
That was always near
Forming them into that which I wanted to say
I could communicate this way
I like lonely but it is something I also hate
But it is my fate
Am I out of that well
I cannot tell
People leave me unsure
Do not believe there is a cure
One day I found a door
Opened it a bit then some more
Slowly found my way out of my mind
Left the darkness behind
The light I did find
Made my word
Heard
Still I talk to very few
Lost everyone I knew
Old I grew
Inside my mind
I left life behind
I am but a child
But not so meek and mild
Still lost
My heart is frost
Scared to talk
So by myself I walk
Play my music I hear
In the words and music I feel no fear
But I still shed a tear
As the music floats on by
Shimmering so beautiful that is makes me cry
Sometimes it makes me high
It is something I don't share
Don't dare
I'm crazy
My mind hazy
The way I see things
The beauty it brings
The calmness I sometimes feel
It's a big deal
In a world I don't understand at all
In my mind it is not always a ball
In sadness I still fall
But I get by
Sometimes cry
My mind of madness
Sometimes brings me gladness
When the music finds it's way to my hand
Life is so easy to understand
Copyright © William P. Harris | Year Posted 2024
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