H.S. Poetry Part 16 (Shades of Grey, Shrouded, Wanderlust)

Shades of Grey

A cloud’s silver lining
A spirit divided
Evil pitted with good
Struggle for control
Will you succumb
To be a minion of shadow?
Or will you offer
Your life as light’s champion?
Choices many and confusing
Driven to a life of emptiness
Showing no hatred nor bliss
Emotions clouded by fear
Will you become yourself?
Or someone else’s?
Can you face your fears?
Can you trust yourself?
Mind divided into warring factions
A battlefield of morals
Law and chaos converge
Creating a null force known as apathy
Uncaring, unchanging, unbeing
An illusionary soul
Unseen by the world
Fearing, hating, loving, dying
Tis our choice to choose
Not the ones we love
Hope is the support
For our pain and sorrow
Hope is the link
To which love clings



Shrouded


Hidden in cloaks of shadow,
I seek to find the light.
Confused, distraught, and mistaken,
Nobody can see my plight.

I close out all my smiles,
Seemingly killing my sickness.
I shut out all of my emotions,
Thinking I’m rid of my weakness.

Yet, alone I stand in the darkness,
A sorrow that plagues my mind.
Feeling trapped, yet free,
I ask the world for a sign.

Realizing my sickness is hate,
I pierce the shrouds of my heart.
Bursting into my ignorant bliss,
My new life begins to start.

9/17/02




Wanderlust

I stride and skulk to places unknown
I walk to where, I don’t know
Stopping to talk, stopping to sleep
Stopping to smile, stopping to weep
Stopping to watch the snow
Meeting a friend
Meeting a foe
Finding love
Or finding sorrow
Lifting my thoughts
To fall on paper
I live in a cruel world
But it isn’t so bad
I may not have love
I may not have somebody to hold
But my talents are mine
And mine alone
I will use them
I will take my own fate
The world can’t take me
The world won’t fool me
I am me
I am not you
Wandering the fields of perplexity
To forever remain, a mercenary
Angel’s wings, demon’s claws
Ebon pupils, snow white eyes
Silver samurai, grey ronin
I live for myself, but
Then…maybe for them
But am I true
To myself
Am I me?
Or a mirror for you?
Maybe I care…for nothing
Maybe…you care…
If you love me
Then…TELL ME!

12/16/03