Poetry by Schanuha
Darkness
Darkness cloaks around my heart
Spreading its wings with in my soul
Sending its venom through my veins
Suffocating me with its fumes
Tears trickle down, dark drops of hurt
Burning me through and through
I long for release
A place where no one can reach me
No! Not a single soul
A deep slumber where I close my eyes
A place where I am all alone
But alas it brings me no solace
For there is only darkness in me and my dreams
Just a black hole, a dark pit, an empty space.
(2001)
Who is me?
Time passes me by
As I stare at the sky
Nothing beyond or above me
Thoughts flow through my mind
Don’t know where I am headed
Wonder where I will end
Day by day I sink in deeper
But to what am I sinking?
Minute by minute I move forward
Or is it backward?
All seems monotonous
Maybe I have become blind
The world turns, the birds sing
But I no longer hear them
Time ceases, thoughts cease
Nothing seems to matter anymore
Sometimes I wonder if it’s still me
But who is me?
(2 March 2003)
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