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May 20, 2009
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LIFE AFTER DARK
I can see no future anymore
No emancipation for the poor
My addiction lays at the bedroom door
Ready for another night hung over
"Pulp Fiction" repeats on the dvd
While the Rolling Stones "Sister Morphine" is on rotate inside the stereo
Isolating my pain
Emulsifying my brain
My mind soggy from too much champagne
The enormous urgency to bury my emotions is found in the bottle
My heart jagged like an opened tin can
Detached from the world at this moment
Religion has never been a friend
Jehovah comes to me privately
I answer with prophets
Refuse to accept the gargoyles in the mirror when I turn off the lights
Notions I must be high or suffering from residuals of acid tabs Pandora gave to me
My bed
My coffin
And there I lay
Watching crystal clear dreams waterfall into nightmares
Challenge and dare me to die in my sleep
Fluid with sound
Blindly dark
Giving way to morning
I'm still alive
By Lepadah
— Lepadah, May 20, 2009
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weirdelf
17 years ago
A bleak ray of hope in a stinky room.
Lepadah
17 years ago
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