Silent Night, Deceptive Light

  

My mind can’t escape

These melancholy thoughts

Highlighted by lunar lies.

The infinite illusion

Of midnights passion

Covers my heart with

The darkest of desires

Disguised by a twinkle of hope

That may have already faded out.

Somewhere between the shadows

And the dark

Lurks the pains of never was

And the agony of could be.

Selfless acts begin to feel like self defeat

When my reflection is distorted

From ripples in the moon lit lake.

Jumping in becomes an instant obsession

In hopes of becoming wet behind the ear again.

So I make splash and dive right under

To drown out the silence of the night

Only to discover the silence screamed from within.

Now…

Sinking like a stone I say nothing

Cause I didn’t when I was breathing.

Reviews

[Angelic Darkness]

This is a excellent poem, one of my favorites. it swirls like black magic,
black velvet....it would go go with that song too:).

This is dark, sexual, and floods the senses.
It's like a feeling of surrendering to a fantasy, a desire
and being swept away.

Trying to figure out what the last lines mean....didn't say anything when
I was breathing...hmmm....


Great work!

AD

[razormuse]

i was pleasantly surprised at such darkness from someone named "cowboy". very expressive, i loved it. it made me think and try to dissect it a bit. wonderfully dark write,thank you.

[Anita B Jacques]

Very deep, and I connect, right now in silence my mind is screaming, they say still water runs deep, right they are in more ways then one. About silence is golden, nay, maybe some of the time... thank you my dear friend for sharing your heartfelt poem. God Bless
Love.......Annie

[Katherine Wyatt]

I feel this one...
"Disguised by a twinkle of hope
That may have already faded out"

This is really good.. you touch on the death of trust.. and so many other emotions here...great write!

[BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE]

It hits the spot i guess

[Brianna Brie]

So I make splash and dive right under
To drown out the silence of the night
Only to discover the silence screamed from within.

Oh, Cowboy, your writing has moved to a whole other plain and I don't mean ordinary! Hmmm, despartly looking for something to make the pain of life go away. With each dive finding only that disappointment that nothing will silence the screams within one's self. The wording is perfect along with the metaphor. Really tremendous write!

[Lizanne]

My friend, you have moved on to Yale with this piece! It this could you be a werewolf allowing the victim that he loves to escape his deadly clutches or could be human regrets. With your physcologically analytical mind, you just never know. Either way you hit it right on with this one.
Selfless acts begin to feel like self defeat...

[Wildfleour]

A very dark piece from you...............

[QuietPoet]

Wow, Cowboy. This was amazing. But sad and emotional. I enjoyed this, very descriptive and moving.

[Kena Dawn Augustine]

talk about giving me chills! wow! i think you are the type of writer who should have a big head, bec of how good of a writer you are, but despite it all you are humble...very descriptive and beautiful despite talking about such a lonely and solemn situation...
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kena sungoddess dawn

[closed account]

ohhhh,, wow,, this was a very somber read
so lonely and a feel of giving up, had hopes and
feeling pain of what never was, now trying to end the sound
yet ending it,, is no different from living it
both are silient...

very interesting, and sad..