The Dark Place

there is a place
dark and solitary
where I sometimes go
and pull the walls
in around me

unplug the phone
ignore the email
penning dark poetry
the darker the better

please don't knock
on my door, you'll be hurt
when I fail to let you in
or even acknowledge
your presence

it's dark and silent
and I can scream
as loudly as I want
without disturbing
those who pushed me

down, down into that
dark, lonely, hopeless place
where I once thought
I could pull myself out
what a foolish thought!

but now no light, no door
only darkness oozing
with damp strings of despair
that wind themselves tightly
around the shell of my heart

no phone, no mail
no escape from my jail
penning poetry in the night
the darker, the better


2012 LBR