awaiting a thought to run through my head
i looked into the room and saw that she was dead
hands unable to grab but the blood is still there
unable to bring back the love that i care
the moonlight falls through the curtains showing a glow on the wall
trying to stand up i fight but only do i fall
just to see her eyes once again would make me smile
before all beauty and innocence was defiled
how could a monster have taken her life
before making me feel dead and in strife
i had never considered all that i felt before
but now the feelings must be forgotten forevermore
dripping out of the matress is the blood from her heart
seeing the way it flows is a decadent part
if i was to look at the body then my eyes would bleed
yet i was the person who gave her mother the seed
i look on the floor
and see my hands
theres blood on the door
and i still just dont understand
the shadows surround me
yet still my memories can't see
take the tears from my eyes
and realise that i created her cries
knife in my hand
now i think i understand
i killed her in sadness
but it didnt bring me any gladness
look at the eyes of the mother so shocked
tears of sorrow falling and her feelings unblocked
weeping in darkness with the shadows at hand
and why i did it i will never understand
look into the crib that used to hold the essence of life
and see the shadows drowning in the blade of the knife
the death caused by me
now only can i see
the moonlight hits the blood giving a glow of loss
the blood drips out the window and into the moss
falling in water and turning it dark
creating the cause of this hated mark
mother crying with tears falling in pain
creating the moonlight to become a stain
the walls are falling and the crib is shaking
as i hear my child start to cry again
the cries are killing me
for this is what i have to see
and this sound is all i hear
it alone creates my fear
i killed my child in hatred for i felt alone
her beauty is gone and the pale is her tone
i look once more as i cut my throat with the knife
the flesh splits spilling the blood that gave me life
the blood pours from my neck releasing the pain
but even in death will i feel it again
for her life is nothing that should have been taken
and forever more am i now forsaken
i loved my child but lost it all in a moment
but now in death am i going to be my opponent
as i lost what was the most precious to me
and the moonlight is not for me to see
Author notes
This one is sort of a same story as another poem i have written but i think this one is alot more dark.
A contest entry
- Your Choice. by asthray.heart.
220 points, ended November 22, 2007, 23 entries
• next story in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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I think I have read this before, its really good and dark, lots of the mans pain and description on what was happening.
Enjoyed reading every line of this, tnks for entering and goodluck.
~Lady Madeline.
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You really caught me off guard! There were two unexpected twists here that really made me enjoy your poem (which says a lot, because I don't usually find too many poems that I like. It's just never really been my thing.) The first twist was discovering it was a child that had been murdered, and the second was discovering it was the father who did it! I can't help but wonder what caused him to lose it...
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I think it was deep, very dark and it showcased and esscense od emotional pain.. i think the ine that percieved me the most would probably be
i loved my child but lost it all in a moment
but now in death am i going to be my opponent
beacause I think you know that children side of me and my issies and well i think from it all I look that and you know I made it in my sense a feeling for me...
XOXOX WEll done Xo Blair

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I loved how you opened it, but it should be capitalised. The words flow nicely together and are very easy to understand. The formation of the paragraphs are just perfect for what it is and as I read down it gave me shivers, so nicely worded.
This was very dark and very sad. It is amazing that you can come up with things like this. I have missed reading your works and will catch up with them soon.
This was a wonderful write. Well done.
Emma





