Dark Passenger

Dark Passenger

A Poem by Ian Faraway

He's the passenger beside me
One hand on the wheel
Refusing to leave me be
He rides with an eerie appeal
A shadow body and red eyes to see

He's always riding shotgun
And he's enjoying the ride
Although he hates the sun
He's become my closest, and only, ally
Because there's no where to run

On a day where the sun shines
He'll show his true menacing self
With a roar, he'll throw down the blinds
The rage is enough to kill oneself
Because I don't want anyone else to find

Find the darkness in my passenger or
Should I say the darkness in me
Because it's like a never ending war
But I'll never let anyone else see
The dark passenger pounding on my door

He wants to take the wheel
And sometimes I start to lose control
Because I like the way the rage feels
So I convince myself he makes me whole
But hide it cause I know it doesn't appeal

I never let him in the driver's side
In fact, I'm scared to let him do it
Because I know he'll derail and crash the ride
And cut all my "progress" into tiny bits
I guess me and him will always collide

But it makes me think and worry
If we'll just go around and around
Or I'll lose and everything will go blurry
Then the Dark Passenger will hold me down
While this car is driven by his fury

My Dark Passenger
My Closest Friend
My Closest enemy
My soul
Will it even be out of me?

© 2014 Ian Faraway


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this is awesome! kind of reminds me of dexter

Posted 9 Years Ago


Sort of reminds me of a song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Od3xNV0rew

Posted 9 Years Ago


"He's always riding shotgun
And he's enjoying the ride
Although he hates the sun
He's become my closest, and only, ally
Because there's no where to run" - this stanza made me think its about a close, but dysfunctional relationship, but in the back of my mind I thought this dark passenger may be the speaker himself, and yes! I was right, as I kept reading.
haha I like how you put it as "progress". Do we ever really progress?

Dark write, the only thing I see is this part "He wants to take the wheel
And sometimes I start to lose control
Because I like the way the rage feels
So I convince myself he makes me whole
But hide it cause I know it doesn't appeal" maybe make the stanza flow better?

Posted 9 Years Ago


Ian Faraway

9 Years Ago

Hmmm. Thanks. I'll go back and take another look at it and see what I can do. Thanks for the feedbac.. read more
I suppose that everyone has a dark passenger - the question is are people even aware that they have a dark passenger - I think that the dark passenger is inevitable when living in this dark, dark world. thanks for sharing

Posted 9 Years Ago


What a twisted ending!! O.O
You depict the passenger so eerily!...I don't think I can go to sleep after this one...I believe I have to read something lighthearted next. lol :P

Well penned!~xoxo~:)

Posted 9 Years Ago


Robbie~xoxo~

9 Years Ago

I can see!.. evil lurks! Muahahahahaha!
Ian Faraway

9 Years Ago

Is evil a gene? Can I blame genetics? lol
Robbie~xoxo~

9 Years Ago

Um... I don't think you can rationalized that one... I doubt it!...:P

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Added on April 28, 2014
Last Updated on April 28, 2014
Tags: dark, passenger, side, evil, self, me, wheel, drive

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Ian Faraway
Ian Faraway

Somewhere, NH



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