Last Strand

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Last Strand

I'm hanging on one last strand
Yearning for an answer
To appease my soul
But I am drowning slowly
In my pool of dreams
I've got nothing but
These temporary feelings
If you will, take these arrows from my heart
They are like a poison dart killing my mind
I try to look around,
But I am blind,
I'm dying,
I'm hanging on one last strand
No matter where I turn
I can't escape what is inside
A burning death which will not cease
I am a candle with no wax
I am an ocean with no salt
I am a tree with no leaves
I am me, but not living free
Keep on going, I will just fade away
Nothing in me wants to stay
I try to look around
But I'm blind,
I'm dying,
I am hanging on one last strand.

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dumplin commented on Last Strand

04-27-2010

Sounds like a cry for help. I hope you find it. We all have something to live for. You just need to find what that is for you.

Hampton commented on Last Strand

04-11-2010

A heartfelt moving cry of despair is woven throughout this nicely written poem.

summerrose35 commented on Last Strand

03-05-2010

that is all some of us have to cling to.but we hang in there through the thick and thin.holding our breath waiting for the last strand to break.Well done!

TCpoeboy commented on Last Strand

03-05-2010

point taken. words paint such a real picture of pain and exhaustion. feels like your last breath then u get another one and another til U finally take your last breath. But as Rhymer stated a last strand is all some will ever have. Great write!

Rhymer commented on Last Strand

02-27-2010

Keep hanging on, one last strand is all some will ever have. 10 from me.

Poetry is not the expression of personality but an escape from personality.

T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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