I look in the mirror and my eyes consume me,
I'm lost in a void seeking the person i should be.
I once knew the girl, but she cowered, she ran;
far from this place I've created, far from these destructive hands.
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I want people to understand. People who don't know me personally, but through these words to understand how people who have experienced such things feel. No matter how hard, how helpless and miserable anyone ever feels- they can turn that pain around and use it as strength and wisdom to fight whatever they have been through. For some people it's a mental illness the must defeat. Another may be things in their life that have occurred that cause harmful contemplations and actions. This may not only affect themselves, but the people around them. I want people to understand that no matter how hard things are, it never has to be the end. You can conquer thoughts of death and more. You just have to motivate yourself to do so. Thank you Mike and Ed very much.
Very moving and strong, It struck a resonance in me. Don`t stop writing.
I would advice the person in the poem to move away slowly and gradually from the recent past and thus discover in the mirror a new identity which presently lies hidden and uncovered in a blanket of dust and dirt. A nice poem and all the best.