I've fallen
fallen into a deep hole
there is nothing but darkness, no light
the darkness seeps inside me, deep into my soul
I scream
scream, yet no one hears me
no one
I feel fear now entering my body
fear is what brought me hear in the first place
this place, a place of silence, I've fallen from grace
No one can save me now, because no one can hear
I've slowly fallen into the depths of despair
a lonely, desperate place filled with silence and darkness
just a void, in a piece of hopeless space
the darkness falls over me like a blanket
covering my body whole
covering my spirit, my heart, my soul
I'm empty now, all alone
in the darkness I lie
in the silence I cry
and still no one hears me
all alone with my fears
alone in the darkness lying
alone in the silence crying
slowly I give in, silently I die
written 22/7/00 revised 10/12/01
� By Tracie Collis
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1) Location:
Victoria Australia
2) Age/Sex:
35-Female
3) how long have you been writing poetry?:
I've been writing poetry since about the age of 15.
4)What inspired you to first start writing?:
In Secondary School we had to write a piece of poetry about any subject, I chose suicide. From that first poem I found a way to express my inner most feelings without having to express them out loud and it was a way to escape into a world of my own.
5) Comments about this poem:
Sometimes I set out to write something in particular and at other times I write because the words are in my head and won't leave until I write them down on paper, this is one of those writes. I wrote this one night when I couldn't sleep because the words kept roaming my mind, I wasn't in a depressed state or anything as the poem would suggest, it was just something that flowed from me and I had no control over, these poems I find are my best kind, the ones that I don't think about they just happen. I think this is a very depressing, lonely write and I'm glad it wasn't my true state of mind at the time.
6) have you had any professional work or have had any poetry published?
I've not had any professional work but I have had two poems published recently in a book called "Australia's Best Poetry" and another two poems published recently in a book titled "Voices On The Web". Both very proud moments for me as it has only been the last couple of years that I have had the courage to show my poetry to anyone including my family.
7) Other comments:
I'd like to say thanks to anyone who voted for me apart from myself...LOL and I'd like to thank Michelle for giving poets an opportunity to post their work have it commented on by other fine poets and also for running a monthly award...well done Michelle, keep up the great work ~hugs~ Tracie
Next-January 2002
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