Haunted Memories

Clocks ticking and chiming,

Echo through these dark hallways.

As the shadows play upon the walls,

I'm in love with a memory.

 

Unable to forget, yearning for you

To see your smiling face,

To hear the sweetness in your voice,

I am defeated by the deafening silence.

 

A slave to this mental torment,

You contol every part of me.

Turning every one of my dreams

Into one everlasting nightmare.

 

 

Author's Note

About the loss of someone that was close to me who died years ago, I was the last person to be with them before they closed their eyes forever....and that is not an easy thing to forget.

Reviews

[Sarah]

Ooh I loved that last stanza. Very powerful. And the first stanza brought images of an old castle, like from a Victorian novel or something to mind~ really great. I liked this a lot!

[Y.F.]

You can take so much out of this poem - I saw something completely different when I first read it. Extremely powerful piece - it really shows how much you've cared for this person, and how this experience left you somewhat shaken.

This one definitely goes into my favorites.

[These Haunted Hallways]

Wow, yeah, that is a very sad feeling for sure. Im so sorry for your loss :( It's definitely a painful thing we go thru when we've lost somebody really close. It never goes away, and always stays someplace inside of you. Well done, tho. Hang in there :)

M.

[Enigma]

Certainly not. Loss of a loved one is never easy to deal with, in the first place. Secondly, to be the last one standing beside them as they take their last breath is an over-whelming experience altogether. Stay strong.

The poem was wonderful, with a good use of imagery. You completed the picture of your nightmarish dream in my mind. Well penned.

[Tasha]

This was a really good write and also sad to be the last one near. Wonderfully written.
♥ Ta'Shandra

[Thomas Fitzgerald]

an eerie tale of seductive lost love, perfect!

[Jvl narasimharao]

You are haunted by your love or lover