Know Your Reason

From the crumbs come the hope of a loaf

In the doldrums of your memory

Among the shadows of forgotten things

Whispers from another life

The given up for dead things

You will find something among it, and it will guide you through it

　

The darkest parts of yourself will always hide themselves to you

From the depths of you, the most compelling lies are bred from the truth

Your darkest fears shape so much of you

So some men dwell there by choice

Or by ignorance

From this, they find that through the eyes of those who despise them

To be the only way to see a world with them still in it

There can be no other way to remain

To some

That is living

Alone

Against them all

I am here.

Author's Note

Reviews

[Einstein Noodle]

your cat gave you ringworm??? such a genuine chuckle in my belly from that :))
your poem! i needs to reads it again ...one moment please ...
yes ...the darkness ...and the worste of our fears lie directly in front of anyone who seeks ..i believe that ...i also believe that we can run away all we want to but in our death ..those fears and darkness will still be there ...one can get stuck ...or run even more into a Holy terror of nasty ... lots of wisdom there says i! this for me is very powerful:
"From the depths of you, the most compelling lies are bred from the truth
Your darkest fears shape so much of you" .. something to take with me when i sign off the cafe for the day ;)
i had to struggle to understand this tho:
"From the depths of you, the most compelling lies are bred from the truth
Your darkest fears shape so much of you" ..i think it is the syntax that is off in the second line ..it obscures the meaning for me ..i think i get it but am not sure ... so the close looses its punch for me ..i am not sure who the "I" or "they" or "them are ...again ..i think i get it but am not sure ;(
love the depth of what precedes my confusion tho ...comes from a search inside eh!?
E.

[Davidgeo]

I was very high when I wrote this one as well. Very high off drugs.

[Einstein Noodle]

have you found something better since then? :}

[Davidgeo]

Not really... I don't climb mountains anymore, I just stick to the drugs.

[Einstein Noodle]

:).......................

[Behind blue eyes]

This poem has a lot of truth to it, I can totally relate to this one! Another great piece, well done!

[Davidgeo]

You're too kind to me.

[Sofia]

Nice one. Powerful poem. Keep writing :)

[Joey Nizz]

our darkest fears shape much of you
I likes this line, if you cant take control of your fears they will take control of you and make you into something you are not, always be brave to fight your fears and brave enough to let them go.

[Davidgeo]

That's about right, well said.

[Joey Nizz]

Thank you :)

[KWP]

ooh well, your poetry is changing form, you are obviously not dwelling (like those in your words above) you are diving deeper I see. This is great - I was just watching a Ted Talk by Amy Tan on Where creativity hides - and how she has learnt to incorporate things she learns from life into her own solid writings. and you know what you have touched on what she says right here - a nice little piece of synchrodestiny right here . nice X

[Davidgeo]

My cat gave me ringworm.

[Davidgeo]

I wrote this a year ago

[KWP]

must have been good bud you were smoking then :D

[Poetic Beauty]

"Your darkest fears shape much of you" says a lot.

[Davidgeo]

You're a little creepy. No offense.

[Poetic Beauty]

I meant as in anxiety and so can control your life.

[Davidgeo]

You're still a little creepy.

[Lost, n'MT]

I found this piece to be intriguing. I found myself relating to certain parts and these three lines in particular;

"Your darkest fears shape so much of you
So some men dwell there by choice
Or by ignorance"

really stood out to me most. That is so accurate and I like how you described it in those words I really thought this was a good thought provoking piece. Well done.

[GalaxyGhost]

So this, for random reasons, reminds me of a quote that went: "If someone hates you for no reason, give them a reason to" and "Know someone's reasons before judging their actions." It's kinda random, but I would like to comment about that. As far as your poem, it's great as it is and I couldn't find anything to edit in grammar or anything. Just letting you know I read it.