Some old stuff rediscovered

I recently went through the poetry I've written over the last few years and found quite a few that for one reason or another I hadn't published, or even shared with anyone. Reading through them readily explained why some of them had not made a public page. Early efforts that simply served as a learning experience for the writer.

One or two of them are, I think, not too bad, and are either salvageable or perhaps even publishable. I'll put a few of them up here over the next few weeks. I'd love to know what people think of them.

This is the first. I don't have a clear recollection of what place I was in when I wrote it but I'm glad I'm not in that place now. Nonetheless, I actually quite like it...

Awakening

The dark tides converge

Closing in, I’m welcoming

The coming embrace

Enrapt in numbing darkness

The solace of not caring

The darkness softly

Embraces, seducing me

Alluring gently

The solace of not caring

A death, no life, a comfort?

Cocooned in the dark

Life seeps away so slowly

Deep inside I cry

A death, no life, a comfort?

I think rather this is hell

A cry awakens

A sliver of soul buried

In darkness. Struggle begins

I think rather this is hell

Am I truly so empty?

No longer seduced

Beginning to see the light

A journey starting

Am I truly so empty?

Perhaps no longer, perhaps…

Away from the dark...

It's been some time since I last posted here. I haven't forgotten it but rather have been feeling a little uninspired. For some reason that changed last night.

I was reading, with Radiohead playing in the background, and had the inspiration to write this. I'm still trying to understand exactly what it means but I really wanted to share it with everyone. Perhaps it's a self-portrait... perhaps not...

Away from the dark...

I've seen the light shining

From within the darkness

Rising from the shadows

The spark of brilliance

Always there

Now with love to draw it up

Away from darkness

Leaving the shadows behind

The fire burns bright

If you could but see

Yes still hesitation remains

The of the lure of the dark seduces

No! No more darkness

The flame reaches higher

For all to see

At last the step is taken

Into the light… to life

The darkness banished

Now the chance to share

The fire with all… in love

The final step beckons

A chance to give the greatest gift

Reach back… into the dark

Take the hand of another

Who needs a spark