Finally, The Darkness Welcomes

Finally, the darkness welcomes the soul.
A second in time becomes an ear of dissent.
A breath taken becomes laboured and intense.
Finally,  the landlord collects the rent.

We arrived at what we were to become
without indications of any other tomorrow
Shouting screams of regrets bitter buried
in the underground echoes of sorrow

For each day became a year, and more
For each year became a destination
Stop signs littered the path of enlightenment
until all we had left was our frustration

We meandered here, and there, and back
creating spaces we could claim as reality
And all the while the drums would beat
the tortured embraces of bitter finality

Would one ever evolve into a majority
or would the shattered symbols still survive?
Could this be the place we rushed to
in our stupid attempts to finally arrive?

I stop, take a glance, see only nothing
It is the trip that was the destination
I know now the shape of torn embraces
which caressed, but did not function.

Goodbye old shadows of past lights
which glittered always for another day
I am here, here where I have been going
aware, but still seeking another way

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

I like the story and the desire of this poem. Hard to find the path we need to be on. I did like the ending. Always more questions with few answers. Thank you for a excellent poem.
Coyote

[Niki Wilson]

Agree with Aura! Great write keep penning
~Clara Quinn~

[donny ingraham]

excellent write

[Aura Tsukikage]

The words and structure is beautiful, I love the vocabulary. But truthfully, I found it hard to get. Maybe I'm just not in a critical reading mode right now, but it took me two or three read throughs to catch what the poem was saying. That displays a disconnect between writer and reader, and that's never good. It doesn't speak to me at all.
Except the fourth stanza I really loved. I flowed seamlessly and felt like a vision. Wonderfully thought-provoking. :)

[Kenneth S.]

I love this poem. You should write like this more often, Chris.

Favorited.

[joshua deathdealer]

Awesome write. Great wordage and imagery.

[TheElfPrincess]

A lovely poem, with great word use and wonderful stanza's. I adored it.

[Taylor Williams]

The last stanza couldn't have been a more perfect end to this work. Your work always gives me some comfort and clarity and this is no exception. Please don't ever stop writing

[Jeremy Baker]

They say that you only really begin to understand what life's about when you have only a little of it left .... but you say it so much more eloquently.

[BABy]

I love ur words...