Letting Go

Sometime you just have cut free the weight of your past, so it won't drag you down in the future.

The rain pours down around me as I slowly walk,

Through memories of childhood days.

I have been here before, my mind whispers,

It is too different, my heart pounds.

I pull my hood down slowly,

Ready to face the crumbling walls of what used to be.

My steps are heavy, deliberate,

Every sound is another blow, another hit.

I wonder whatever could have happened,

To make this place so dark, so abandoned.

What misfortunes was this place handed?

The walkways are broken and jagged,

 Ghosts of laughter and beauty.

Everything seems fragile, ready to break.

A part of my past, the part with the fake,

Is still standing, scars i will never be able to shed. 

I am about to let the last of my hope run free, 

About to give up to the darkness inside my head.

These memories have broken me once again,

Though I swore I'd could face this old age,

Desperation is evident on this page.

I fall to my knees, rain holding me close,

The thunder rolls and tells me to see the last part,

The edge of my sanity waits before me, I know.

I look up to see friends, beckoning for me to keep on,

A smile rises, my eyes flash and with few more steps,

I let everything go. 

Reviews

[CHRIS ANDES]

though its a poem
it talks a lot of ideas
that really made me wander
:)

[Admiral Kirk]

Wow, that first part sounds like Drake, my alter ego! :D Awesome poem! :D

[Amanda]

Yaaaaaaaaay shanks :P

[Admiral Kirk]

lol you're welcome! :D

[That1Nerd23]

Very deep. Love this! So much emotion! Well done, Miss.

[Muhammad Qasim]

nice work .. its hard to give up the past but to live a better care free life it is something everyone has to do at some points in their lives!! and thus giving your past away for a better future is worth it

[C.C. Marx]

great job, very emotional and heartfelt, sometimes its hard to let go of the past, but when you do its so worth it :)

[Jason Dyer]

Very well structured. Does the reflect a personal experience? I'm not asking what it is. Just if it does.

[Amanda]

yes

[Allycat]

Love this! It's very descriptive
awesome write :D

[sweetie]

so true im going back to my old town soon and this poem reminds me of all the memories i will have to revisit.
very real poem. thanks

[de_maruf]

like it

[Dark and Mysterious]

Even though it wasn't much I could actually feel it happening in the room with me. My breath almost stopped.... Great write :)